The Poverty Premium
Being poor costs more. Slide the income to see how check-cashing fees, food desert markups, and emergency care add up to an invisible tax on not having enough.
Housing
8 postsHousing Affordability by State
Select any state and see the gap between minimum wage and what it actually costs to afford a modest apartment. In no state can a minimum wage worker afford a two-bedroom home.
The Stress Test
Five questions. No income brackets. No political framing. Just honest answers about your own life — and what they reveal about the system you're living in.
The Choice Ledger
These aren't natural conditions. They're the results of decisions made by people with power, in rooms with whiteboards. Here's what we chose — and what we could have chosen instead.
The Cost of Nothing
We talk about what the Foundation would cost. We rarely count what we're already paying — in medical debt, lost wages, and preventable suffering — for the system we have.
Look Around the Room
Every figure represents one person in thirty. Tap the dimmed ones. They aren't failures — they're patterns shaped by the systems we chose.
Working for Rent
How many days of every month do you work just to pay rent — before food, before utilities, before your family? Adjust the sliders. Then see what the same job looks like in Germany.
Housing
Safe, affordable housing as infrastructure. Not a market commodity that consumes half your income.