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The U.S. Poverty Rate Hit A Record Low — But Don’t Expect It To Stay That Way
This video is part of our series “The Numbers That Defined 2022.”
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One of the most important numbers of the year that you might not have heard of is 7.8 percent. That’s the share of Americans who were living in…
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Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike
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Would You Manage 70 Children And A 15-Ton Vehicle For $18 An Hour?
This article is a collaboration between FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women.
One day last spring, Naima Kaidi waited nearly an hour for her kindergartener and…
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Most Americans Are Afraid Of Inflation
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup.
You can see it at the grocery store, the gas station and your heating bill (though, mercifully, not at the liquor store): Prices are getting higher. Since October of…
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Why Some Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Americans Are Loyal To The GOP
Welcome to Political Outliers, a column that explores groups of Americans who are often portrayed as all voting the same way. In today’s climate, it’s easy to focus on how a group identifies politically, but that’s never the full…
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Why There Hasn’t Been A Mass Exodus Of Teachers
This article is a collaboration between FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women.
Sarah Caswell is stressed about her job every day. The science and special-education…
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What ‘The Squad’ Tells Us About Progressives’ Ability To Win Voters Of Color
Back in 2018, a quartet of Democratic women — known commonly as “The Squad” — broke barriers on their way to Congress: They were young women of color with no prior congressional experience who, in some cases, bested a white…
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Why Biden Can’t Win On Inflation
It was the summer of 1979, and President Jimmy Carter was up against it. Americans were paying far more for gas and groceries than they were the year before, and Carter was confronted with a choice: He could tell Americans that…
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Our 51 Best (And Weirdest) Charts Of 2021
In 2021, FiveThirtyEight’s visual journalists told stories of the pandemic, political gridlock and the world of sports. We’ve fought to make our work more accessible and to sharpen our!-->…
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What Democrats And Republicans Get Wrong About Inflation
Americans are pessimistic about one of the weirdest economies in recent memory, and their negativity is largely due to inflation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today that prices increased 7.5 percent year-over-year in…
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