The American Human Development Index announced its results today on the state of inequality in the United States and how it compares with other, industrialized, nations.  The report found that the United States currently ranks 42nd in the world in life expectancy, and 34th in infant mortality.  It also found that although the United States makes up but 5% of the world population, it comprises over 24% of the world's prisoners.  Perhaps most shocking, however, was the study's finding on the life expectancy gap.  It found that Asian-American men had the highest life expectancy, and African-American men the lowest.  The average difference in life expectancy between the two groups is a staggering 50-year difference.

American inequality highlighted by 30-year gap in life expectancy -- The Independent (UK)