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Original research, fact sheets, and in-depth reports tracking what families actually pay for the essentials — and where the system is failing them. Filter by issue and dig in.
- Data Tracker
What Families Actually Pay: Grocery Basket Tracker
A monthly look at the real cost of a week's groceries across metro and rural markets.
Updated monthly · PDF + CSV
- Report
The Rent Is Too Damn High: A State-by-State Breakdown
How housing costs outpaced wages in all 50 states over the last decade.
48 pages · PDF
- Explainer
Prescription Sticker Shock: Who Sets the Price?
A plain-language walkthrough of why the same drug costs a fraction as much abroad.
8 min read · Web
- Fact Sheet
The Cost of Care: Child Care by the Numbers
Child care now costs more than college tuition in most states. The receipts are here.
2 pages · PDF
- Report
Turning Up the Heat: Utility Bills in a Changing Climate
Why energy bills keep climbing and which policy levers could bring them down.
32 pages · PDF
- Explainer
Affordability 101: How the System Fails Families
The big-picture explainer on why the essentials keep getting more expensive.
12 min read · Web
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