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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
 • Jeremy Ney
Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years
 • Jeremy Ney
The Great Generational Wealth Divide
Baby Boomers own half of all wealth in America, while younger generations own the majority of debt
 • Jeremy Ney and Michael Tiede
How the Wealthy Game Disability Laws for Ivy League Gains
Disability accommodations in higher ed have become a huge benefit for the elite yet remain a trap for the most vulnerable
 • Jeremy Ney
Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Why drinking deaths fall by half by crossing from Nevada to Utah
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Your Brain on Inequality, with Hanna Horvath
When economic mobility falls this low, financial stress skyrockets
 • Jeremy Ney and Hanna Horvath
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How to Find Solutions in a Time of Upheaval
Humanizing statistics and the promise of solutions journalism
 • Jeremy Ney and Anya Kamenetz
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War is Coming for Your Wallet, with Grace Blakeley
Rising prices, a fragile economy, and policy uncertainty are going to make some people very rich and others far worse off
 • Jeremy Ney and Grace Blakeley
"Wealth in People" and Rethinking the Social Fabric
A radical reframing of prosperity in conversation with Nobel Prize winner James Robinson
 • Jeremy Ney
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Is It Possible To Eradicate Cars from Our Cities?
The cost of cars on pollution, life expectancy, traffic, and housing is too high to ignore
 • Jeremy Ney and The War on Cars
Reflecting on 5 years of American Inequality
A big thank you and what the next 5 years have in store
 • Jeremy Ney
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Navigating Injustices in U.S. Housing and Mental Healthcare
Watch now | A conversation with Fountain House members about the hidden injustices in housing and serious mental illness in America
 • Jeremy Ney, Jamarne "Jay" McGill, and Sean Murray
Toxic Waste Hiding in Our Backyards
78 million Americans now live within a few miles of a superfund site, causing lower grades life expectancies, and birthweights
 • Jeremy Ney
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Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist on Public Data Under Siege
A recording from Jeremy Ney's live video with Denice Ross
 • Jeremy Ney and Denice Ross
Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
 • Jeremy Ney and Michael Tiede
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Cash for Impactful U.S. Policy
Will $6.25 Billion Change the Lives of Millions of Children?
 • Jeremy Ney, Dustin Palmer, and Leah Libresco Sargeant
The Electricity Bills are Too Damn High
How data centers and the decline of green energy are raising your utility bill
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American Inequality

Data and maps on U.S. inequality, covering housing, healthcare, poverty, education, tech, and more.
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