American Inequality | Jeremy Ney | Substack

The US has the highest share of single-parent homes of any country in the world. Children in these homes face greater obstacles

Jul 13

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, 1 in 4 women will now need to drive more than 200 miles to get an abortion. Low-income and majority Black counties suffer the most.

Kanisha Parthasarathy

Sep 14

Access all of the inequality data and analysis we've gathered in one place + Jeremy on TV!

Aug 3

The Black unemployment rate is consistently double the White unemployment rate + Bloomberg covered the launch of Americaninequality.io!

Aug 24

30 years after Rodney King, police kill a Black person every 40 hours in America, and police are the 6th leading cause of death for young Black men.

Jun 22

As we watch the war in Ukraine unfold, where men aged 18-60 are required to stay and fight, what does our own armed service look like in America?

Jun 1

Nonprofit donations actually end up going to wealthier counties and rural communities are left in the dark

May 11

Only 2.2% of businesses are minority owned in America and Black women receive just 0.0006% of all venture capital funding in tech

Apr 20

Teachers are 3x more likely to have multiple jobs compared to other workers - hometown is a big factor

Mar 30

375 US counties incarcerate at least 20 Black people for every 1 White person and Oklahoma has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Rwanda

Mar 9

What I've learned writing for a year about American Inequality

Feb 16

The #2 killer in the country is devastating Black Americans and citizens in the Rust Belt

Kelsey Soderberg

Jan 26

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