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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
Oct 16, 2024
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years
Feb 2, 2021
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The Great Generational Wealth Divide
Baby Boomers own half of all wealth in America, while younger generations own the majority of debt
Mar 18
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Michael Tiede
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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
Apr 8
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Jeremy Ney
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Why drinking deaths fall by half by crossing from Nevada to Utah
Sep 3, 2025
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
Feb 2, 2021
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Jeremy Ney
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How the Wealthy Game Disability Laws for Ivy League Gains
Apr 8
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Jeremy Ney
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Sep 3, 2025
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Why poverty is rising in America
Oct 4, 2023
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Jeremy Ney
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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide
Why drinking deaths fall by half by crossing from Nevada to Utah
Sep 3, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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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…
Mar 13, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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Dustin Palmer
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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
Oct 4, 2023
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Jeremy Ney
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Life Expectancy and Inequality
America is experiencing the greatest gap in life expectancy across regions in the last 40 years
Feb 2, 2021
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Jeremy Ney
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Housing
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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
Jan 28
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Jeremy Ney
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No Room to Breathe: Inside America's Overcrowded Homes
19 million people live in overcrowded homes which hurts health, education, and opportunity
May 14, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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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
Jan 15, 2025
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Breaking the Bank: Eggs, Inflation, and the Unbearable Cost of Living
How inflation is pushing inequality to new heights
Nov 27, 2024
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Jeremy Ney
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Substack Live
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Your Brain on Inequality, with Hanna Horvath
When economic mobility falls this low, financial stress skyrockets
Apr 21
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Jeremy Ney
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Hanna Horvath
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How to Find Solutions in a Time of Upheaval
Humanizing statistics and the promise of solutions journalism
Apr 1
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Jeremy Ney
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Anya Kamenetz
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1:04:20
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
Mar 12
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Jeremy Ney
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Grace Blakeley
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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
Feb 27
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Jeremy Ney
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The War on Cars
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The Dividing Line
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Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
Dec 24, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Why Are They Afraid of Your Vote?
An analytical view on who gets to vote in America and what that means for our democracy
Oct 22, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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The Next Cancer Catastrophe is Political
Cancer is on the rise for young people, but threats will soon skyrocket
Sep 24, 2025
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Michael Tiede
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Jeremy Ney
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Land of the Free? Far from it.
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. These places have it the worst.
Aug 6, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Recent posts
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Your Brain on Inequality, with Hanna Horvath
When economic mobility falls this low, financial stress skyrockets
Apr 21
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Jeremy Ney
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Hanna Horvath
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1:13:05
How to Find Solutions in a Time of Upheaval
Humanizing statistics and the promise of solutions journalism
Apr 1
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Jeremy Ney
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Anya Kamenetz
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1:04:20
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
Mar 12
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Jeremy Ney
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Grace Blakeley
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"Wealth in People" and Rethinking the Social Fabric
A radical reframing of prosperity in conversation with Nobel Prize winner James Robinson
Mar 4
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Jeremy Ney
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56:19
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
Feb 27
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Jeremy Ney
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The War on Cars
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Reflecting on 5 years of American Inequality
A big thank you and what the next 5 years have in store
Feb 11
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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
Jan 30
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Jeremy Ney
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Jamarne "Jay" McGill
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Sean Murray
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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
Jan 28
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Jeremy Ney
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47:28
Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist on Public Data Under Siege
A recording from Jeremy Ney's live video with Denice Ross
Jan 14
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Jeremy Ney
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Denice Ross
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Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
Dec 24, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Michael Tiede
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Cash for Impactful U.S. Policy
Will $6.25 Billion Change the Lives of Millions of Children?
Dec 11, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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Dustin Palmer
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Leah Libresco Sargeant
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The Electricity Bills are Too Damn High
How data centers and the decline of green energy are raising your utility bill
Dec 10, 2025
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Jeremy Ney
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