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Query
How they overlap
Of the articles on each keyword in the last 7 days, with the same text and sources, how many also mention the other. Per lean: the share of its outlets' articles on cost of living that mention United States.
5.4% of the 93 articles on cost of living also mention United States, as do 1.4% of the 347 articles on United States.
- Left-leaning2 of 44 articles
- 4.5%
- Least biased2 of 11 articles
- 18.2%
- Right-leaning1 of 38 articles
- 2.6%
Who picked it up when
TIME mentioned it first (Oct 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT). Right-leaning outlets followed 6 hours later, least biased outlets 10 hours later.
One row per source with a matching article, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Results
5 articles mention cost of living and United States in the last 7 days (Oct 21 to Oct 27).
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes | Affordability Pressures On Fuel, Childcare And Healthcare Mount Ahead Of Midterms, Research Report SaysForbes Multiple regions in the U.S. typically associated with lower costs of living have experienced rising affordability pressures, according to the Urban Institute. | 0.55 | |
| NPR | More dads taking paid family leave for a new baby, sometimes as much as moms areNPR The U.S. has no national law for paid parental leave. But in states that do, more dads are using the benefit, sometimes more than moms. The change comes as Americans say having kids is unaffordable. | 0.30 | |
| The Christian Science Monitor | As US childcare costs climb, states and other nations offer a road mapThe Christian Science Monitor With childcare costs soaring, America debates whether to fund universal care or pay parents to stay home, with state and international models offering potential solutions. | 0.40 | |
| CBS News | Childcare costs are growing faster than rent in the U.S.CBS News A growing share of American families are having to shell out more than $2,000 a month for childcare services, new data shows. | 0.50 | |
| TIME | Health Care Costs Are Becoming UnsustainableTIME As the cost of health insurance continues to rise in the U.S., it is becoming unaffordable for some. | 0.35 |
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Narrow further
Other keywords in the matching articles: the share of them that mention each, with the number of articles. The search icon searches for cost of living and that keyword instead of United States, keeping the text, sources, source type and time range.
Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories in the last 7 days that match the query, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| TIME | 1.5% | 1 | 66 |
| NPR | 0.9% | 1 | 110 |
| The Christian Science Monitor | 2.9% | 1 | 35 |
| Forbes | 0.3% | 1 | 373 |
| CBS News | 0.2% | 1 | 427 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that match the query, in the last 7 days, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning2 of 15 sources
- 0.2%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 0.4%
- Right-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Lean index −1.8: covered more by left-leaning outlets
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that match the query. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
1 source has no MBFC bias score and is not shown.
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.