Narratively is an online publication that is truly devoted to original, true and in-depth stories, and launched in New York City September of 2012.  They decided to take the news cycle and slow it down, as the twenty-four hour news cycle can make for redundancy. Their aim is to dig deep into the culture and history in and around New York City, helping to enrich the lives of others by telling these untold stories.

A 2009 book by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett made an interesting link between income inequality and the happiness and health of a society. The thesis argues that there is a correlation between the width of the income gap and societal factors such as life expectancy, obesity rate, murder rates, and prison population.