American Inequality

The Stealth Tax Destroying Housing Affordability

The American housing crisis is buckling under a new weight. As soaring rents grab headlines, insurance premiums and property taxes have been slowly rising to astronomical

Impact over Ideology: How Real Change Wins Elections

Amanda Litman is the co-founder of Run For Something, which is the largest pro-Democracy pipeline in American politics, helping more than 280,000 people who have consider

How to Fix the Giving Gap

Success isn’t a substitute for giving. 91% of ultra wealthy households used to donate to charity, but now only 81% do. I sat down with David Roberts to address the causes

Is It Possible To Eradicate Cars from Our Cities?

I was thrilled to speak with Doug Gordon of The War on Cars to explore the intersection of transportation, urban design, and social inequality. Below is a summary of our

Navigating Injustices in U.S. Housing and Mental Healthcare

14 million Americans live with serious mental illnesses, but few of their stories are told or known. Thank you to Jay and Sean for sharing their brilliant insights on liv

Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist on Public Data Under Siege

1 year ago this month, more than 8,000 government websites went dark in an effort to remove key public data and reports. In 2026, Dozens of datasets are still unavailable

Cash for Impactful U.S. Policy

Thank you for tuning into my live video with Leah Libresco Sargeant and Dustin Palmer! We had a great time discussing the impact of the $6.25 billion direct cash program

Progress Isn’t Dead Yet

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Uncovering Injustice in Immigration Court

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Alcohol Fuels a Dangerous Divide

Alcohol is one of the worst killers in America. Alcohol kills more people than opioids and suicides combined each year. Every 3 minutes, 1 person dies in America due to a

Land of the Free? Far from it.

If all the people incarcerated in the United States lived in one city, it would be the 5th largest city in the nation. As of 2022, there are 1.8 million people incarcerat

Discussion with Shannon Watts on Leadership against Injustice

“You can’t beat someone who doesn’t give up.” Here is the fantastic conversation I had with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action and NYTimes Best Seller. Shann

Gen Z and the Affordability Crisis

Marie Newman is a former congresswoman (D-IL03), nonprofit CEO, marketing executive, author of A Life Made from Scratch and When Your Child Is Being Bullied: Real Solutio

A Uniquely American Tragedy

Welcome to the first edition of The Dividing Line. This new series is going to focus more on interactive data visualizations and analysis, particularly in a time when we

Why Tariffs are a Tax on the Poor

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Why U.S. Maternal Mortality is WORSE Than You Think (Pt. 2)

This article is part 2 of 2 in a series on maternal mortality and inequality in America. Send this email to a friend and join an amazing community of state/local politic

Homelessness hits all-time high, doubles from 2021

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Does Data Shape Our Identities?

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Breaking the Bank: Eggs, Inflation, and the Unbearable Cost of Living

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Why does inequality matter?

Listen to the podcast version of this article recorded with NotebookLM. Share the newsletter with a friend. On December 4, 2013 President Barack Obama gave a speech in