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States with highest Murder Rates
🔴 Louisiana : 16.8
🔴 Mississippi : 15.4
🔴 Alabama : 12.2
🔴 Missouri : 11.8
🔴 South Carolina : 10.5
States with the lowest Murder Rates
🔴 Utah : 2.2
🔵 Rhode Island : 2.0
🔵 Maine : 1.7
🔵 Vermont : 1.5
🔵 New Hampshire : 1.1
Bottom 5 public school systems (based on test scores)
🔴 Alaska
🔴 Louisiana
🔴 Arizona
🔴 Oklahoma
🔵 New Mexico
Top 5 public school systems (based on test scores)
🔵 New Jersey
🔵 Massachusetts
🔵 Connecticut
🔵 Vermont
🔵 Minnesota
States with the lowest life expectancy in years
🔴 Mississippi : 70.9
🔴 West Virginia 71.0
🔴 Alabama 72.0
🔴 Louisiana 72.2
🔴 Kentucky 73.5
States with the longest life expectancy in years
🔵 Hawaii : 79.9
🔵 Massachusetts : 79.6
🔵 Connecticut : 79.2
🔵 New Jersey : 79.0
🔵 New York : 79
States with the highest infant mortality rates
🔴 Mississippi : 9.11
🔴 Arkansas : 8.59
🔵 Delaware : 8.07
🔴 Lousiana 7.65
🔴 West Virginia : 7.47
States with the lowest infant mortality rates
🔴 North Dakota: 3.29
🔵 Massachusetts : 3.31
🔵 New Jersey : 3.61
🔵 New Hampshire : 3.66
🔵 California : 3.95
States most reliant on the federal government (per dollar)
🔴 Alaska : $2.36 per $1 in taxes paid
🔴 Kentucky: $3.35 per $1 in taxes paid
🔴 West Virginia : $2.72 per $1 in taxes paid
🔴 Mississippi : $2.34 per $1 in taxes paid
🔴 South Carolina : $3.42 per $1 in taxes paid
States least reliant on the federal government (per dollar)
🔵 New Jersey : $0.35 per $1 in taxes paid
🔵 California : $0.50 per $1 in taxes paid
🔵 Minnesota : $0.58 per $1 in taxes paid
🔵 Massachusetts : $0.41 per $1 in taxes paid
🔵 Illinois : $0.60 per $1 in taxes paid
States with the most domestic violence arrests
🔴 Nevada
🔴 Oklahoma
🔴 Missouri
🔴 Kentucky
🔴 Florida
States with the lowest domestic violence arrests per capita
🔴 North Dakota
🔵 New York
🔵 Rhode Island
🔵 Vermont
🔵 Massachusetts
Lowest GDP per capita
🔴 Mississippi : $53,061
🔴 Arkansas $60,276
🔴 West Virginia $60,783
🔴 South Carolina $61,616
🔴 Alabama $65,889
Highest GDP per capita
🔵 New York : $117,332
🔵 Massachusetts : $110,551
🔵 Washington : $108,468
🔵 California : $104,481
🔵 Connecticut : $99,035
States with the highest incarceration rates
🔴 Louisiana : 775
🔴 Mississippi : 717
🔴 Arkansas : 614
🔴 Oklahoma : 598
🔴 Texas : 563
States with the lowest incarceration rates
🔵 Massachusetts : 116
🔵 Maine : 130
🔵 Rhode Island : 152
🔵 Vermont : 153
🔵 New Hampshire : 165
highest obesity rates
🔴 West Virginia : 41.2%
🔴 Mississippi : 40.1%
🔴 Arkansas : 40.0%
🔴 Lousiana : 39.9%
��� Alabama : 39.3%
lowest obesity rates
🔵 District of Columbia : 23.5%
🔵 Colorado : 24.9%
🔵 Hawaii : 26.1%
🔵 Massachusetts : 27.4%
🔵 California : 27.4%
States with the worst public transportation:
🔴 Mississippi
🔴 Nebraska
🔴 Wyoming
🔴 North Dakota
🔴 Alaska
States with the best public transportation
🔵 New York
🔵 Massachusetts
🔵 Washington
🔵 New Jersey
🔵 Illinois
States with the lowest college graduation rates
🔵 New Mexico
🔴 Nevada
🔴 Idaho
🔴 Oklahoma
🔴 Alaska
States with the highest college graduation rates
🔵 Massachusetts
🔵 New Jersey
🔵 Connecticut
🔵 New Hampshire
🔴 Virginia
highest sex crime rate
🔴 Alaska : 118.4 per 100k
🔴 South Dakota : 72.6 per 100k
🔴 Nevada : 70.2 per 100k
🔴 Arkansas : 52.0 per 100k
🔵 Michigan 72.4 per 100k
lowest sex crime rate
🔵 New Jersey : 15.1 per 100k
🔵 Connecticut: 18.2 per 100k
🔵 New Hampshire : 19 per 100k
🔵 Maine : 21.3 per 100k
🔵 New York : 22.7
most teen pregnancy
🔴 Mississippi : 26.4
🔴 Arkansas : 24.5
🔴 Louisiana : 23.8
🔴 Oklahoma : 22.9
🔴 Alabama : 22.0
lowest amount of teen pregnancy
🔵 Massachusetts : 6.1
🔵 New Hampshire : 6.6
🔵 Connecticut : 7.6
🔵 Vermont : 7.8
🔵 New Jersey : 8.3
@sympleman@H8rFuel@GregAbbott_TX Breaking the law has ALWAYS been a part of pushing for real change. Read up on civil rights history and learn that those fighting for equality for black folks were arrested just for peaceful protests
“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”
The message came in at 11 PM:
“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”
Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.
New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”
She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.
Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.
I stopped the interview and said:
“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”
Her eyes filled with tears.
We hired her.
She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.
Why?
Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.
Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.
Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.
If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.
You’re filtering for privilege.