Data That Matters January 2020

About 10,000,000 acres of Australia have burned, partly enabled by >107F temperatures. In the US in the last forty years, Continue reading →

Family Farmer Bankruptcies

Thanks to trade wars, climate disruptions, and depressed commodity prices, the number of family farms that went bankrupt in the Continue reading →

Americans Moving Less

“Go West, young man.” Only four words, but that old phrase needs many updates. We’ve gone west, filled it up, Continue reading →

Millennials May Not Live Longer

We’ve become accustomed to expecting each generation to live longer than the previous ones. That may not be true for Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →