Data visualizations

Underemployment state-by-state

By Mike Alberti

Easy ways to visualize not only the large numbers of unemployed workers, but underemployed, "margina...

Employment

Aftermath of 2008 economic collapse: biggest global banks still...REALLY big

By Mike Alberti

3 new visualizations on banks deemed "globally systemically important."

Banking

Win-Win or Win-Lose?

By Mike Alberti

Average hourly manufacturing production wages have languished in real terms for almost 40 years as i...

Corporate influence Globalization Labor

More U.S. kids in poverty than people in your state?

By Craig Gurian

Unless you live in Cal., Tex., N.Y., or Fla., yes. Number of children in poverty, child poverty rate...

Children Poverty

What expanding federal workforce?

By Margaret Moslander

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

Government services Role of government

Putting the new GM-UAW contract in historical context

By Abby Ferla

General Motors and the United Auto Workers just agreed on a new four-year contract. What began as an...

Employment Labor

Growing set of state abortion restrictions visualized

By Althea Webber, Margaret Moslander

Tools allow user to make custom assessment of impact in each state.

Reproductive health services

State aid to education down, down, down

Data Visualizations | By Abby Ferla

Our FY 11-12 data gathering is now complete, and we find 40 states effectively cutting aid over last four years, 19 of them by at least 10 percent. South Carolina and California cut aid by the highest percentages.

Education State government

Who's been lobbying for whom?

By Althea Webber

Remapping Debate's new tools allow for a detailed view of the interests served by ex-lobbyists emplo...

Open government

Change in life expectancy in U.S. counties, 1987-2007

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

Gender equity Health

Enhanced data viz on student performance

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

Data from multiple years of test administrations now added to comparisons of subject, grade level, economic status, race or ethnicity, and gender.

Education

New tools permit custom analysis of educational attainment results

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

Most recent U.S. Dept. of Education data made "slice-able" by grade, subject, and demographic variables.

Education