American Inequality

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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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Why does inequality matter?
As a new dad I've been thinking a lot about what a good world needs to look like
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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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Is ChatGPT going to increase inequality?
Listen now | Generative AI is coming for high-wage jobs concentrated in certain parts of the US
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Public Data Is Under Siege: Why It Affects You
How the systematic erasure of government data is another threat to democracy
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Why U.S. Maternal Mortality is Better Than You Think (Pt. 1)
New research shows we may be drastically overcounting maternal mortality
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Food Deserts: Hidden Hunger in the Land of Plenty
44 Million Americans are food insecure. Here's how our policies are falling short
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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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Why Tariffs are a Tax on the Poor
The Inequality Machine About to Kick into High Gear that No One is Talking About
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Why owning a home in America is so hard
And what we can do to make it easier to supply, apply, and buy homes
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Homelessness hits all-time high, doubles from 2021
770,000 people were homeless in America in 2024. That is a whopping 18% increase from 2023, the largest percentage increase since 2007
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The $122 Billion Disappearing Act: How US Schools Face a Looming Crisis
Critical programs are at risk as students and teachers brace for a fallout in school funding
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