These facts of life that are not new discoveries, and will be known to people who work in these fields or follow news around it. It’s not an exhaustive list, and it’s a highly subjective one, crowdsourced in the Quartz newsroom.

Homelessness and hunger

Paid leave and privilege

 

Society’s most vulnerable

Lila MacLellan contributed to this piece, as did other Quartz reporters. This post has been updated.

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