How Extreme Heat and Climate Change Are Driving Up Gun Violence in American Cities
This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Even as Philadelphia trends toward its lowest annual homicide total since 1963, the city’s…
The American Affordability Squeeze: Data Analysis Reveals Where Households Are Hurting Most
WASHINGTON — The public debate over the economy frequently centers on an overwhelming sense of financial strain. With gas prices hovering above $4 per gallon, inflation persisting at 3.7%, and…
The American Affordability Squeeze: Dissecting the Gap Between Headline Data and Household Reality
As political campaigns and economic debates increasingly center on the rising cost of living, American households find themselves grappling with a persistent financial strain. With gas prices remaining elevated, inflation…
How a Century of Petroleum Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with fossil fuels? Everything, according to the petroleum industry. An advertisement from the major pipeline company Energy Transfer follows two…
Beyond the Headline Numbers: Unpacking the Realities of the American Affordability Crisis
The American economic landscape is caught in a paradox. On paper, aggregate national wage growth has technically outpaced the Consumer Price Index over the last few decades. Yet, for millions…
How a Century of PR and Propaganda Tied the American Dream to Fossil Fuels
What does going on a first date have to do with the global fossil fuel industry? Absolutely everything, according to a prominent commercial produced by the pipeline company Energy Transfer.…
The American Affordability Crisis: Is It a Data Disconnect or a Deep Structural Squeeze?
The United States is locked in a fierce national debate over the cost of living, with skyrocketing prices at the pump, persistent inflation, and paychecks that increasingly fail to cover…
Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Economic Record: Growth, Inflation, and the Reality for American Households
As the United States approaches pivotal midterm congressional elections, President Donald Trump has made the performance of the American economy the centerpiece of his political message. Pitching his administration’s economic…
How American Horror Story: 13 Resurrected Miss Robichaux’s Academy and Built the Ultimate Battleground of Good and Evil
The number 13 has long carried a spooky, unlucky connotation, making it an entirely fitting milestone for American Horror Story: 13 to attempt its creepiest season to date. With the…
A House Divided: The Bipartisan Permitting Bill Sparks a Civil War Within the American Climate Movement
To solve the escalating crisis of climate change, conventional wisdom dictates that humanity must fundamentally achieve two distinct objectives: stop burning fossil fuels and rapidly build clean energy infrastructure to…