New American History welcomes Jeremy Ney, author of the popular Substack channel, American Inequality, to discuss data literacy and the importance of using data visualizations for good.

NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Jeremy is the author of American Inequality, a publication and data portal that analyzes the interconnected nature of US inequality. His research looks at the ways that inequalities in food deserts, incarceration, life expectancy, internet access and more are interwoven so that change-makers can develop policies that target the most critical issues in a community. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, The Economist, The Lexington Herald, and Cheddar News. He began his career at the Federal Reserve in New York, has founded two different startups aimed at reducing inequality in communities, and now works at Google focused on privacy policy. Jeremy received his MBA from MIT Sloan where he was the valedictorian, his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy grew up in Brooklyn, NY where he now lives with his wife. Jeremy is the author of American Inequality, a publication and data portal that analyzes the interconnected nature of US inequality. His research looks at the ways that inequalities in food deserts, incarceration, life expectancy, internet access and more are interwoven so that change-makers can develop policies that target the most critical issues in a community. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, The Economist, The Lexington Herald, and Cheddar News. He began his career at the Federal Reserve in New York, has founded two different startups aimed at reducing inequality in communities, and now works at Google focused on privacy policy. Jeremy received his MBA from MIT Sloan where he was the valedictorian, his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy grew up in Brooklyn, NY where he now lives with his wife. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

PBS NewsHour Classroom Educator Voice Zoom Series — Discuss the Data; What teachers need to know about inequality in the U.S. May 23, 2023

Jeremy Ney, author of American Inequality, presents to Harvard students on the ways that data can be used to create social change. He highlights the ways that Python, R, and SQL can gather information from US federal agency data portals.

Jeremy Ney is the author of American Inequality, a publication that highlights US inequality topics that tend to get left in the dark (inequality in life expectancy, food deserts, credit availability, and more). In this discussion, Jeremy reviews over the uses of data visualizations and geospatial mapping to dig into US regional divides which change-makers can use to know where to focus their efforts to help turn the tide on massive social problems.