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Independent director pay at “top 50” companies By Samantha Cook, Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti \| Corporations Data visualizations show median, highest, and individual director pay; reveal change over time; and rank companies. Some increases more than 200 percent; some decreases more than 40 percent. 12 companies with highest independent director pay of at least $400,000.More	Remapping Debate unemployment analytics for May By Mike Alberti \| Unemployment The 12-month moving average of the unemployment rate for Hispanic men between the ages of 26 and 40 with less than a high school degree has decreased by 6.6 percentage points from its peak of 14.2 percent in January of 2010, representing a decline of 46.6 percent. By contrast, the 12-month moving average of the unemployment rate for black women between the ages of 16 and 25 with less than a high school degree has decreased by 3.0 percentage points from its peak of 48.5 percent in August, 2011, representing a decline of only 6.0 percent.More
Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought Poverty, State government The maximum value of public assistance benefits has fallen dramatically in every state between 1970 and 2011 for families of three, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage of the federal poverty guidelines.More	Judicial vacancies: show us the numbers By Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti \| Law, Politics 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?More
Government support for arts down dramatically over time By Samantha Cook \| Role of government When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.More	One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students? By Meade Klingensmith \| Civil rights, Education New data viz examines frequency of optional graduation ceremonies at flagship public universities, and “top 25” colleges and universities.More
“How could we resist?” The revolving door for ex-members of Congress By Samantha Cook \| Open government In part 3 of our collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics, we document that 17 of the 30 ex-members of the 112th Congress we've tracked down so far have taken positions with employers that are or have been lobbyists or lobbying clients.More	Top staffers for new members of Congress: uncovering their previous jobs with lobbying entities By Samantha Cook \| Open government More than three dozen staffers for new members of Congress had at some previous point been associated with organizations that engaged in lobbying or were lobbying clients. Some came to the Hill directly from the lobbying entity.More

Independent director pay at “top 50” companies By Samantha Cook, Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti \| Corporations Data visualizations show median, highest, and individual director pay; reveal change over time; and rank companies. Some increases more than 200 percent; some decreases more than 40 percent. 12 companies with highest independent director pay of at least $400,000.More	Remapping Debate unemployment analytics for May By Mike Alberti \| Unemployment The 12-month moving average of the unemployment rate for Hispanic men between the ages of 26 and 40 with less than a high school degree has decreased by 6.6 percentage points from its peak of 14.2 percent in January of 2010, representing a decline of 46.6 percent. By contrast, the 12-month moving average of the unemployment rate for black women between the ages of 16 and 25 with less than a high school degree has decreased by 3.0 percentage points from its peak of 48.5 percent in August, 2011, representing a decline of only 6.0 percent.More
Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought Poverty, State government The maximum value of public assistance benefits has fallen dramatically in every state between 1970 and 2011 for families of three, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage of the federal poverty guidelines.More	Judicial vacancies: show us the numbers By Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti \| Law, Politics 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?More
Government support for arts down dramatically over time By Samantha Cook \| Role of government When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.More	One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students? By Meade Klingensmith \| Civil rights, Education New data viz examines frequency of optional graduation ceremonies at flagship public universities, and “top 25” colleges and universities.More
“How could we resist?” The revolving door for ex-members of Congress By Samantha Cook \| Open government In part 3 of our collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics, we document that 17 of the 30 ex-members of the 112th Congress we've tracked down so far have taken positions with employers that are or have been lobbyists or lobbying clients.More	Top staffers for new members of Congress: uncovering their previous jobs with lobbying entities By Samantha Cook \| Open government More than three dozen staffers for new members of Congress had at some previous point been associated with organizations that engaged in lobbying or were lobbying clients. Some came to the Hill directly from the lobbying entity.More

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