Educational opportunity in America should not be tied to real estate values. My latest today on this growing inequality. open.substack.com/pub/american...

Why is philanthropy declining in the golden age of wealth? open.substack.com/pub/american...

this chart is gonna haunt me. (via: americaninequality.substack.com/p/philanthro...)

"We are promised that private charity and billionaires who now have more resources will patch the holes left by public policy. It is a seductive logic that the “invisible hand” of the market is also a helping hand. The reality is, however, that support is not coming."

In a time of surging private wealth and a shrinking social safety net, why are the rich giving less and less to philanthropy? In today's article, we investigate the widening 'generosity gap' and identify the levers available to citizens and nonprofits americaninequality.substack.com/p/philanthro...

38% of students at Stanford are now registered as having a disability. Meanwhile, +40 million Americans (largely in low-income and rural areas) wrestle with mental and physical disabilities that make it nearly impossible for them to secure stable employment. open.substack.com/pub/american...

We’re kicking off new ways to engage with American Inequality! Join in the conversation today 💬 open.substack.com/pub/american...

Wednesday Data: Voting Population by Generation @jeremybney.bsky.social

Baby Boomers have spent the last half-century molding America in their image. Now, as the youngest Boomers reach the age of retirement, and the oldest moving into their 80’s, the Boomer generation is facing its final act—and the economic aftershocks will be felt for generations to come.

Why does prosperity compound in some places and flounder in others? Nobel Prize winner James Robinson and I sat down to discuss a radical new concept he’s been stirring up open.substack.com/pub/american...?

A new AI Aristocracy is emerging. Wealth is massively accruing for a few while millions more are at risk of losing their jobs. In this guest essay I wrote with @aisupremacy.skystack.xyz I explain how this is sure to widen inequality in the short-term. open.substack.com/pub/aisuprem...

Happening soon!

About to go live chatting inequality with @jeremybney.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

I’ll be live with @thewaroncars.bsky.social on Thursday at 12pm ET discussing how cars create inequality in our economy and society and what life after cars could actually look like. Register here open.substack.com/live-stream/...?

Do not miss it!

I’m chatting visualizing inequality with @jeremybney.bsky.social LIVE next week. Details: open.substack.com/live-stream/...?

Mackenzie Scott donated more in 2025 than Bezos, Musk, Page, and Ellison have donated in their lifetimes COMBINED

A 5 year writing journey. What I’ve learned and where it’s going. open.substack.com/pub/american...

Top 55 on Substack right now - come join for the ride americaninequality.substack.com

78 million Americans now live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, a toxic waste dump known to lower school performance, life expectancy, and birthweights. Site cleanup has now hit rock bottom, threatening thousands of communities in our biggest cities americaninequality.substack.com/p/toxic-wast...

The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right. americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...

The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right. americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...

Will be live tomorrow discussing whether the $6.25 billion investment from the Dell family that is offering $250 dollars to 25 million children is a good idea. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Electricity bills are rising 3x faster than inflation. Data centers are devouring supply and raising the cost of living for households. I show which states are feeling it worst and what we can do about it. open.substack.com/pub/american...

Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality

Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality

I’m working with GiveDirectly and a group of authors to fight global poverty. I’ll be matching donations this week and so will @give-directly.bsky.social - you can be a real change-maker! open.substack.com/pub/american...

“Bank CEOs should be forced to have a framed version of this image on their desks” We are *really* bad at forecasting

Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.

Spoke with WaPo about why it’s so much harder for GenZ to rise up the economic ladder

I spoke with WaPo about what is driving the generational wealth gap. wapo.st/43DtV7X

I love this new chart I made. Colors. Message. Clarity. It’s just doing it for me.

High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it. I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...

High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it. I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...

I’ll be live with @colinwoodard.bsky.social at 1:30pm ET discussing how the divides within the nation are driving much of our political, policy, and economic conversations open.substack.com/live-stream/...

7 million people gathered across 2,600 small towns and cities yesterday for the No Kings protest, making it the largest single-day protest in America in the last 50 years

I spoke with @julieroginsky.bsky.social about the increasingly important role of states in building out a new progressive machine. We covered which states are leading and lagging in the fight for more opportunity. open.substack.com/pub/american...

I dug into half a million detention records to uncover where the immigration court system is buckling. I identify why courts are drowning under backlogs, where immigrants are crammed into facilities, and which detention centers are profiting. americaninequality.substack.com/p/injustice-...

Really looking forward to this conversation.

I’ll be live with @julieroginsky.bsky.social on Friday at 10am ET discussing how state policies are now driving some of the biggest differences in outcomes across regions. Find out if the state where you live is leading or lagging in creating opportunity open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Only 35% of Americans now consider college “very important,” down from 53% in 2019 and 75% in 2010, per Gallup.

Remarkable map: A century-long depopulation in the heartlands. The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020) @jeremybney.bsky.social substack.com/@jeremybney/...

We are at risk of losing the war on cancer. Here are America’s biggest threats on the front americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

The geography of hate crimes maps onto economic despair and social fragmentation. Communities under stress turn on their most vulnerable members.

@pbsnews.org needs our help, which is why I was thrilled to share my data and maps with them for this article on which parts of the US have the lowest life expectancies. Support PBS while you can! youtu.be/LsToZlTBeGc?...

The same communities that lack good schools, jobs, and services also have the highest crime rates. This isn't coincidence - it's structural neglect.

Climate change and social justice intersect in transportation. Long car commutes forced by housing inequality drive emissions. Environmental and social problems intertwine.

It's been a rollercoaster of a week. @c-hughes.bsky.social and I will be Live on Monday discussing what's next for the future of the U.S. economy. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Transit-oriented development isn't just urban planning - it's social justice. Good transit access should be a right, not a luxury good.