The Wealth Gap Nobody in Washington Wants to Close
💰 Economy ← Back to All Articles The richest 1 percent of American households now hold $55 trillion in wealth […]
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The Death of the Third Place: Where America Used to Gather
🏠 Community ← Back to All Articles In 1965 there were about 12,000 bowling alleys in America. Today there are
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The Fall of Organized Labor in America
💼 Work ← Back to All Articles In 1983, one in five American wage earners belonged to a union. Today
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Who’s Going to Fix It? America’s Vanishing Skilled Trades Workforce
🔧 Trades ← Back to All Articles More than one in five construction workers in America is over 55. Over
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Burned Out and Checked Out: American Workers Are Quietly Giving Up
💼 Work ← Back to All Articles Only 31 percent of American employees say they’re engaged at work. That’s the
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Nobody’s Volunteering Anymore: The Quiet Collapse of Civic Life in America
🤝 Signals ← Back to All Articles In 2019, roughly 30 percent of Americans formally volunteered — a coat drive,
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No One to Call: The Collapse of Adult Friendship in America
🤝 Signals ← Back to All Articles In 1990, 3% of American men said they had no close friends. Today
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Healthcare Deserts: When Rural America Loses Its Hospital
🏥 Public Health ← Back to All Articles Somewhere in rural America, a hospital closes or stops taking new patients
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Sick and Broke: How Medical Debt Is Bankrupting American Families
🏥 Public Health ← Back to All Articles More than 100 million American adults — roughly one in three —
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Food Insecurity in America: The Hunger Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
🍽️ Public Health ← Back to All Articles In its most recent report, the USDA found that 13.7 percent of
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Priced Out: The Slow Death of the American Homeownership Dream
🏠 Housing ← Back to All Articles In 2025, the typical first-time homebuyer in America turned 40 before closing on