Energy, Housing, Food, Water: What’s a Fair Share?
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
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The 25% Tipping Point
New research reveals how to make social change.
5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
Why Corporations Want Our Public Schools
There are huge profits to be made in privatization, and much of it will come from teacher pay.
Infographic: The Link Between Cooking at Home And Living Longer
We spend less time in the kitchen than ever. But here's why Michael Pollan says cooking could be an important solution to our public health crisis.
Infographic: Your Stuff’s Not As Cheap As You Think It Is
What do we really trade for all of the cheap stuff we buy?
Just the Facts: What’s So Good About Co-ops?
Why support the co-ops in your community? The benefits might be further-reaching than you think.
To Save Our Ecosystems, Stop Overloading Them
Left alone, natural systems keep nitrogen, carbon, and other key ingredients of life balanced.
We’ve Got Some Big Houses—That We Could Share
Just 60 years ago, the average American had 291 square feet of living space. Now it’s 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—and who—we lock up.
Just the Facts: Should We Eat Animals?
We can feed the world and still eat meat—but only a little bit.
Just the Facts :: Who Is Family Now?
Mixed-race couples, single parents–they'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 ...
Water Footprints
How much water do we use? More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot.
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: Corporate Food
Hunger. Pollution. Instability. Obesity. The problem with corporate food--by the numbers.
Just the Facts: Who’s Happier?
A better economy doesn't necessarily mean a happier country.
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.
Just the Facts : Global Warming and Climate Solutions
Climate’s Vicious Cycle A penguin walking on a melting glacier. Photo illustration by Hiroshi Howell/Getty Images We Are 2° from Disaster: How to Turn it Around Rising sea levels threaten
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?
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