• Just 13% of workers in the U.S. are now earning less than $15 an hour; two years ago, that number was 31.9%. Axios.
• The proportion of the world’s adults with a net worth of less than $10,000 has plunged this century, from 75% in 2000 to less than 40% in 2023. Axios.
• Baltimore reports 36% decline in homicides for 2024. Hoodline.
• In 2023, Latin America and the Caribbean fell to the lowest poverty rate in the last two decades. World Bank.
• Over 200 million schoolchildren gained access to improved water, sanitation, or hygiene services between 2015 and 2023. Unicef.
• Since 2006, Rwanda’s overall life expectancy has risen from 56 to 70. Think Global Health.
• Morocco’s multidimensional poverty rate decreases from 40% to 5.7% in last 20 years. Hespress.
• Colombia deforestation fell to 23-year low in 2023. Reuters.
• In the United States, wind power has generated more electricity than coal for the second month in a row. Sherwood.
• Power producers in the United Kingdom cut the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation by 16% over the first five months of 2024. Reuters.
• Used electric cars are not just cheap—they are cheaper than similar gas cars. The Atlantic.
• In 1991, 48 countries had abolished the death penalty. Today 112 countries have abolished it. Amnesty International.

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