Americans are not as well off as people in peer nations – US safety net’s shortfalls show up in global data

America's unmet promise — and most shameful secret

As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, the global data we collect and analyze shows that the country is failing to “promote the general Welfare,” as the Constitution’s framers promised a little more than a decade later.We are scholars of human rights. Alongside the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, a nonprofit that tracks how well more than 200 countries and territories are meeting the human …

Americans are not as well off as people in peer nations – US safety net’s shortfalls show up in global data

This is not a one-year blip. The US has been underperforming in terms of health, education and more for the past 25 years.