Rural Suicides
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The state of the US economy has a lot to answer for these days. Hopelessness and the perception that crime is rampant (even if it's at near record lows). But perhaps the most troubling trend is the toll the economy seems to be taking on Americans' mental health. Suicide rates have been on the rise, especially in economically depressed regions of the country, and especially among the middle aged.

Trends in Family Wealth, 1989-2013
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From 1989 to 2013, family wealth grew at significantly different rates for different segments of the U.S. population, and the distribution among the nation's families was more unequal in 2013 than it had been in 1989.

Remittance Flows Worldwide in 2015
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Remittances are funds or other assets that migrants send to their home countries, either directly or in the form of compensation for border, short-term and seasonal employees. With the exception of 2009, migrant remittances worldwide have steadily climbed since the World Bank began releasing estimates in 1970. .

Ride-hailing Services Are Seen by Minorities as a Benefit to Areas Underserved by Taxis
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Ride-hailing and home-sharing are two of the most talked-about sharing-economy services and each has been drawn into a broader debate over whether people of color experience benefit from these new technologies. In the case of ride-hailing apps, like Uber and Lyft, proponents of these services often argue that they can help promote racial equity in transportation for instance, they might serve customers in lower-income or minority neighborhoods where traditional taxis are often scarce.

Announcing Global Forest Watch Water
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World Resources Institute announces its Global Forest Watch (GFW) Water, a global mapping tool that examines how threats to natural infrastructure affect water security throughout the world. Access spatial data sets, forest-related statistics and risk scores for all 230 major watersheds around the world.

How Quickly Climate Change is Accelerating, in 167 Maps
Wired | READ STORY

When it comes to explaining climate change, it helps to have clear, convincing evidence on hand. Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading with a knack for data-visualization, specializes in precisely this kind of evidence.