Archive - American Inequality

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

Apr 10 •

March 2024

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…

Mar 13 •

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February 2024

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

Feb 21 •

January 2024

Where exercise, income, and life expectancy are linked

Our built environments can dramatically decrease opportunities for healthy living, producing persistent inequalities

Jan 31 •

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

Jan 10 •

December 2023

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…

Dec 29, 2023 •

2023 had surprising improvements in inequality

Wealth, incarcerations, and greenhouse gases seem to be trending in the right direction

Dec 13, 2023 •

November 2023

Diabetes is Attacking My Family, We’re Not Alone

Tackling Systemic Inequalities for a Healthier Future: Guest Post

Nov 15, 2023 •

Yasmin Serrato-Munoz

October 2023

Disparities Grow as Smoking Rates Rise Again

Life expectancy is declining as cigarette sales increased for the first time in 20 years

Oct 25, 2023 •

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Oct 5, 2023 •

Why poverty is rising in America

The poverty rate had its largest one-year increase ever and the child poverty rate more than doubled

Oct 4, 2023 •

September 2023

Why I use data to evaluate inequality

Seeing is believe

Sep 13, 2023 •

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