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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 ...

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...

Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought

The maximum value of public assistance benefits has fallen dramatically in every state between 1970 ...

Government support for arts down dramatically over time

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

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...