Visualization

Showing the stories in data through statistics, design, aesthetics, and code.

Government revenue and spending diagram

In case you’re wondering about government spending and budgets, USAFacts has a Sankey…

Gulf of wherever you want

Most of the major map providers changed the name. MapQuest had a different…

How tariffs work

I think I’ve read about tariffs more in the past month than I…

Charting data that might disappear soon

The administration continues its takedown of data that it doesn’t agree with. To…

Rise and fall and rise again for bitcoin

There was a moment a few years ago when cryptocurrency was mentioned everywhere…

Possible field of vision from the helicopter seat

From the outsider point of view, a path towards collision might seem obvious,…

Golphe du Mexique, 1765

After a gulf rename, I got to browsing some historical maps. Jacques Nicolas…

How time works

Cartoonist Becky Barnicoat illustrates the passing of time over a year. Seems right:…

Try to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget

The “Department of Government Efficiency” wants to cut $2 trillion from the federal…

Gulf of Mexico changes to Gulf of America

The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America in…

Leaving out keywords in a halftime show

I missed this one last week, pre-Super Bowl, but for The Washington Post,…

Flight map shows firefighting efforts

To contain the fires in Los Angeles, aircraft flew back and forth to…

Federal worker resignations

According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, about 65,000 federal workers have…

Common four-digit PINs of others

About 1 in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN, based on an…

Tracking daily federal expenditures

The Hamilton Project is tracking federal expenditures and updating daily: This data interactive…

Data bead bracelets

Data Beads, by Eszter Katona and Mihály Minkó, is a fun initiative that…

Book chart showing Barnes & Noble opening new stores

I assumed that Barnes & Noble was on its way out, but I…

Mapping the American Airlines and Army helicopter collision

The Washington Post mapped the flight paths leading up to the collision over…