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1. Bipartisan support for stronger building codes and disaster aid.
Source: Pew Research.
2. Working-class American men have now reached a point where, across a multitude of economic measures, they’re struggling. The jobs they used to dominate are disappearing, their wages aren’t growing, and they’re employed at a lower rate than in prior decades. Meanwhile, men are spurning the jobs of the future. No, not STEM jobs—“HEAL” jobs (health care, education, administration and literacy) occupations that form what’s known as the “care economy.”
Source: Bloomberg.
3. Healthcare expenditures and avoidable deaths, states versus EU countries.
4. The persistent racial divide in perceptions of policing is worth noting in light of this week’s suit filed by the NAACP against AG Andrew Bailey for failing to report on the Disparity Index in police stops.
Source: Gallup.
5. Data centers adding to economic growth.
Source: Apollo.
6. New power plants coming online. A lot of solar.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.