Data visualizations

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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 t...

Government support for arts down dramatically over time

When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.

One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students?

What is done at flagship public universities and at top-rated private schools?

“How could we resist?” The revolving door for ex-members of Congress

Part 3 of our data-gathering collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics.

Top staffers for new members of Congress: uncovering their previous jobs with lobbying entities

More than three dozen staffers for new members of Congress had at some previous point been associate...

Newly out-of-office Members of Congress: where have their top staffers gone?

Are they working for employers that are lobbying firms or lobbying clients?

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 ass...

The incredible shrinking federal workforce

When taking into account the growing size of the population, most parts of the federal civilian work...

Workers’ out-of-pocket health insurance costs to go through the roof?

If employers move to a “defined contribution” model, most likely “yes.”

Brother, can you spare $829 billion?

America’s largest corporations are holding lots of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investment...

Spectacular new ways to slice and dice unemployment data since 2007

Create over 250 demographic composites, combining race and ethnicity, gender, age, and education.

Digging down into voter turnout

New data viz allows you to create demographic composites — using race and ethnicity, sex, age, and e...