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The largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever is on its way.
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5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
How the Oil Industry Is Pushing Plastic
The fracking boom is flooding the world with Ziploc bags, ketchup packets, and single-use spoons.
Infographic: Why Normal People Can鈥檛 Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
New Plans Give Immigrants Access to Legal Representation
Undocumented immigrants in detention are four times more likely to win a custody hearing if they have a lawyer.
How Public Money Supports Big Pharma
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma鈥檚 profits, so shouldn鈥檛 the public be able to afford the drugs?
We鈥檝e Got Some Big Houses鈥擳hat We Could Share
Just 60 years ago, the average American had 291 square feet of living space. Now it鈥檚 close to 1,000 square feet. Have we changed our needs that much? Or just our wants?
By the Numbers: The Myth of the Overtaxed Corporation
For corporations, paying for tax breaks is still the best investment around.
Just the Facts: It’s a Locking-People-Up Problem
The American problem with mass incarceration is less about crime than it is about how鈥攁nd who鈥攚e lock up.
Just the Facts: Should We Eat Animals?
We can feed the world and still eat meat鈥攂ut only a little bit.
Just the Facts :: Who Is Family Now?
Mixed-race couples, single parents鈥搕hey're all part of the new "normal."
Just the Facts :: Why Build Resilience?
Why build resilience now? Because here's what we can't rely on ...
Just the Facts: Race-Based Economics
We've made meaningful progress toward embracing our cultural diversity in the United States. But we've got a long way to go before we clean up the economic fallout from years of institutional racism.
Just the Facts: How the Middle Class Got Stuck
Surging prices, stagnant wages, spiraling debt. This is what stuck feels like.
Just the Facts: Foreign Aid vs. Military Spending
The U.S. spends piles of money on foreign aid, right? See how the spending actually stacks up.
Climate’s Vicious Cycle
A little temperature rise can unlock vicious feedback loops that speed global warming. If global temperatures continue to rise, some of these feedbacks could spiral beyond our ability to reverse them.
Buy Local to Multiply Your Money
Buying local products at local businesses
creates a ripple effect as those businesses and employees in
turn spend your money locally. In contrast corporate chains
send most of your money out of town.
Just the Facts
The costs of health care and prescriptions in
the U.S. are graphically compared against the rest of the
world. Why do U.S. drugs cost more?
Portrait of a Perfect Economic Storm
Graphics showing climate change, financial
meltdown and peak oil
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