Mike Alberti

Mike Alberti is a writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to his work as a journalist for Remapping Debate, he publishes fiction and essays. His book of short stories, Some People Let You Down, was awarded the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Short Fiction in 2023.

He teaches writing at Century College and serves as the Executive Director of Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, a nonprofit organization that provides arts education in Minnesota’s state prisons.

He received his undergraduate degree from Vassar College and his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota.

ma@remappingdebate.org

Digging a deep hole: rare earths debacle puts U.S. trade policy under scrutiny

Original Reporting | By Mike Alberti

China's cornering of production of key minerals aided by U.S."free trade" posture.

Environment Trade

New data on gender segregation and pay disparities in jobs

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti, Craig Gurian

Remapping Debate's analysis of latest information from just-released American Community Survey shows many gaps still not overcome.

Top 25 occupations by median earnings of men

| By Mike Alberti

Occupations with more than 90 percent men and more than 100,000 total workers

| By Mike Alberti

Occupations with more than 75 percent women and more than 100,000 total workers

| By Mike Alberti

Data from W-2's allow closer look at income higher on the wage scale

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

"Net compensation" data allow for examination of wage income as high as the "$50 million and up" category.

Income inequality

Bloomberg's Republican economic policy prescriptions

Story Repair | By Mike Alberti

In offering a set of “common sense proposals,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sent a clear message to national policy makers: when it comes to business, tread lightly.

Deregulation Economy NYC Taxes

Insurance execs are more valuable than doctors, aren't they?

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti, Lori Bikson

They certainly make much more money, and the gap has been growing over time.

Health care Income inequality

Large racial gaps in median income on city level

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

Last week: state-by-state gaps. This week: Whites, Asians in largest U.S. cities still have far higher incomes than African Americans, Latinos.

Income inequality

Strategies of civil rights groups lag election results

Original Reporting | By Mike Alberti

It's been clear that civil rights progress would become harder in the new Congress, but most civil rights advocacy groups haven't prepared to fight on the state and local level.

Civil rights Legislation