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Updated judicial vacancies tool: big reduction in median time to Senate action
Senate action on 20 pending nominations combined with 15 new nominations by Obama result in very different snapshot from six months ago. Will new picture last? Tools allow look at all judicial vacancies since 2001.
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.
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?
Government support for arts down dramatically over time
When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.






