The median wealth of a white household in Atlanta is $238,355. The median wealth of a Black household is $5,180. That is a 46-to-1 ratio, documented in 2026 research by the Atlanta Civic Circle, Build Black Wealth, and Nonprofit Quarterly. More than one in three Black households in the metro carry zero net worth. The…
New Orleans has a shortage of more than 47,000 affordable housing units in 2026, up from 33,600 in 2015 — a 40% increase over a decade, according to data compiled by PBS NewsHour, Eviction Lab, and the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative. The city’s eviction rate is nearly double the national average. More than half…
Nearly half the American workforce will be freelance by the end of 2026. By 2027, the number hits 50 percent—a milestone that would have seemed impossible a decade ago, when the gig economy was still understood as a supplement to primary employment. It is not a supplement anymore. It is the primary labor system. The…
On March 5, 2026, New York City Council passed a Good Cause Eviction law. On April 9, the Mayor’s veto was overridden. On April 17, the law went into effect. The law prevents landlords from evicting tenants without good cause and from raising rents more than 3 percent annually unless specific conditions are met. It…
Pew Research Center found that 48 percent of American teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age, up from 32 percent in 2022, while only 14 percent say it negatively affects them personally. The survey, conducted with Ipsos among 1,391 teens and parents, produced a 34-point gap between what teenagers…
LayoffAlert.org reported that through July 2026, employers filed 2,954 WARN Act notices across 44 states affecting 270,641 employees. Skillsyncer’s tracker, counting the same year, logged 322 layoff events affecting 205,832 workers. Layoffhedge counted 25 companies and 13,532 jobs for July alone, while Layoffs.fyi put tech sector eliminations at 121,326. Four counts, four methods, four numbers…
Reuters reviewed documents showing Samsung Electronics America is eliminating 739 positions in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, tied to the relocation of its headquarters to Texas, alongside cuts across its U.S. display, smartphone, and other consumer electronics operations. A separate layoff tracker recorded the same event in mid-July with a note that the company was offering…
Ariel Cohen reported for Roll Call on July 20 that the Office of Management and Budget informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late the previous week that it will not renew 46 million dollars in funding for 96 community-based organizations providing HIV testing, linkage to care, referrals for pre-exposure and post-exposure drug treatment,…
Phase 3 data shows that Gilead and Merck’s weekly HIV pill works, representing a major advance in treatment adherence and patient outcomes. This should be unremarkable news. A pharmaceutical company developed an innovation that solves a genuine medical problem. Patients benefit. The company profits. This is how the system is supposed to work. But it’s remarkable…
The Oregonian first reported on July 20 that Intel has told employees in its Data Center and AI Group to expect a fresh round of job cuts, a move the company confirmed to Business Insider as part of a broader effort to become a more focused and efficient company. The detail that makes this worth…