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Why poverty is rising in America
The poverty rate had its largest one-year increase ever and the child poverty rate more than doubled
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years
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Access all of the inequality data and analysis we've gathered in one place + Jeremy on TV!
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
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2023 had surprising improvements in inequality
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Why homelessness just hit a 15-year high, rising 12% from last year
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What can America learn from Kenya about fighting poverty?
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Reflecting on 2 years of inequality: Opportunity Mapping
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Where exercise, income, and life expectancy are linked
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Low birthweights can increase health risks and create long-term inequalities
The worst point in the last 30 years: Food deserts and pollution are causing more babies to be born with low birthweights
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What can America learn from Kenya about fighting poverty?
Evidence from the largest universal basic income program in history, in collaboration with GiveDirectly, and featuring former Mayor of Stockton, CA…
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Dustin Palmer
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My hands-on experience gathering homelessness data in NYC
What I learned as a volunteer counting America’s homeless in Brooklyn, and how reliable that data is
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Where exercise, income, and life expectancy are linked
Our built environments can dramatically decrease opportunities for healthy living, producing persistent inequalities
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Why homelessness just hit a 15-year high, rising 12% from last year
Rising rents and low housing inventory spur an unprecedented level of homelessness in America
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The 10 best charts that capture 2023
2023 was an action packed year with huge economic, social, technological, and geopolitical changes. Take a look at the 10 best charts of the yea…
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2023 had surprising improvements in inequality
Wealth, incarcerations, and greenhouse gases seem to be trending in the right direction
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Diabetes is Attacking My Family, We’re Not Alone
Tackling Systemic Inequalities for a Healthier Future: Guest Post
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Disparities Grow as Smoking Rates Rise Again
Life expectancy is declining as cigarette sales increased for the first time in 20 years
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American Inequality
American Inequality
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