Unaffordable America

NBC News examines rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it.

FUNERALS

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Even death is unaffordable in America now

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Ana Miminoshvili for NBC News

INTERACTIVE

Who can afford to get ahead in America?

THE BIG PICTURE

America's wealth gap is growing, and Trump's policies are making it bigger →

CREDIT CARDS

How high-end credit card perks are hurting shoppers who pay in cash

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Kirsten Luce for NBC News

MEDICAL BILLS

Hospital costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt →

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Scott Dalton for NBC News

MOBILE HOMES

Bugs and black mold: What some mobile home park residents see after investors buy in →

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Houston Cofield for NBC News

BOWLING

Wall Street goes bowling for profits, driving up the price of a middle-class pastime

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Chase Castor for NBC News

PLASMA

Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet

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Jesse Rieser for NBC News

VACATION

Summer vacations are shrinking as costs keep rising

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America

The impact of Trump’s law, one year in

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