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Private consultants still raking in public pension fund fees
Amounts paid to outside investment consultants by big public pension funds as much as 36 percent of what these funds pay for their employees' salaries.
Data viz illuminates state-by-state underemployment, 2003 to 2012
Visualizing the added toll, including discouraged workers and other marginally attached workers.
Independent director pay at “top 50” companies
Data visualizations show median, highest, and individual director pay; reveal change over time; rank companies.
Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought
The maximum value of public assistance benefits has fallen dramatically in every state between 1970 and 2011 for families of three.
Judicial vacancies: show us the numbers
New tools allow easy access to and filtering of 12 years of data. How long did George W. Bush take to nominate? President Obama? For the Senate to act?
One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students?
What is done at flagship public universities and at top-rated private schools?
Dozens of new state limits on abortions added in 2012
More and more women are more and more effectively denied access. Tools allow user to make custom assessment of impact in each state.
