Data That Matters October 2019

In 1960, the richest paid 56% in taxes. Now they pay 23%, less than the 24.2% the poorest pay. A Continue reading →

Risks For Life Expectancy

Terrorism makes the biggest headlines, but among ten other risks to human life, it only reduces life expectancy 22 days. Continue reading →

US Suicides Rise

Suicides in the US continue to rise. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a record 120,000 Americans died from Continue reading →

Wages And Robots

Set aside the question of whether robots are taking or creating jobs. At least according to one study, robots are Continue reading →

Costly Climate Response Delays

To some, the Earth Day founders were already a little late. Jimmy Carter is now seen as prescient, though many Continue reading →

US Billionaires Pay Less Taxes

The headline of billionaires paying less taxes probably isn’t a surprise. There have been so many storied tax cuts for Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2019

Zero. Alaska had no sea ice within 150 miles of its shores for the first time since written records were Continue reading →

Growing US Income Inequality

Amidst so many other news stories it is easy to miss the fact that inequality continues to rise in the Continue reading →