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American Inequality

Jeremy Ney, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Shannon Watts, Tanzina Vega, Dustin Palmer, Marie Newman, Zoe Siegel, Julie Roginsky, Marc J. Dunkelman, Michael Tiede, Chris Hughes, Colin Woodard, Shafeka, Michelle Wilde Anderson

Data on U.S. inequality and regional divides. Covering everything from life expectancy, housing, healthcare, poverty, education, unemployment, tech, and more.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Jeremy Ney

    Data journalist, Columbia prof, former Federal Reserve. You've seen these maps.

  • Leah Libresco Sargeant

    I'm the author of The Dignity of Dependence, as a well as Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option. My substack, Other Feminisms, is about how to advocate for women as women in a world that treats us like defective men.

  • Shannon Watts

    Bestselling author / Organizer / Speaker / Summoner of women’s audacity / Founder, Firestarter University / Founder Emerita, Moms Demand Action

  • Tanzina Vega

    Journalist. Strategist.

  • Dustin Palmer

    U.S. Country Director at GiveDirectly.

  • Marie Newman

    Author, Former Congresswoman, CEO, Speaker, Activist, Podcaster, WCPT radio cohost. Social justice, economic equity, politics, healthcare, mental health, women's rights https://www.marienewmanstudio.com https://www.youtube.com/@tlsradio

  • Zoe Siegel

    I dedicate my time to Fountain House, a national mental health nonprofit fighting to improve health, increase opportunity, and end social and economic isolation for people living with serious mental illness.

  • Julie Roginsky

    Authentic, common-sense straight talk about our politics and culture. Democratic political consultant.

  • Marc J. Dunkelman

    Senior Fellow, Searchlight Institute; Fellow, Watson School at Brown University's Watson School; Author, "Why Nothing Work: Who Killed Progress--And How to Bring It Back."

  • Michael Tiede

    Data Scientist, Computational Social Science. Using data for social good.

  • Chris Hughes

    Author, Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy and Chair, Economic Security Project.

  • Colin Woodard

    NYT bestselling historian and scholar of US regionalism, the sociology of US nationhood, and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. Author of American Nations, Union, American Character, Nations Apart and other books.

  • Shafeka

    Cash initiatives expert, moves ideas into wins. Palestinian, mom, disability advocate, tandem cyclist, because I love me an uphill battle.

  • Michelle Wilde Anderson

    Writer/teacher (prof) at Stanford Law + School of Sustainability; author of The Fight to Save the Town (Simon & Schuster); worker bee on urban/rural government, housing, water, poverty, + local progress after fiscal collapse.

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