Visualization

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

How long before there is gender equality in the U.S. House and Senate

For The Washington Post, Sergio PeƧanha asks, “What will it take to achieve…

Racist housing policy from 1930s and present-day temperature highs

Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich for The New York Times show how policies…

Visits to businesses compared year-over-year in each state

Businesses are still seeing visits mostly down compared to last year, which shouldn’t…

Excess deaths, by race

It’s clear that Covid-19 has affected groups differently across the United States. By…

Analyzing the topics of cable TV news

From the Computer Graphics Lab at Stanford University, the results from an analysis…

Vote-by-mail volume compared against years past

The volume of mail-in ballots will likely be higher than usual this year,…

California wildfires map

Los Angeles Times provides a California-specific map of the current wildfires to stay…

Fire and smoke map

With the rush of wildfires in California, governor Gavin Newsom declared (another) state…

Scale of the explosion in Beirut

There was an explosion in Beirut. It was big. How big? Marco Hernandez…

Data-information-conspiracy

Seems about right. (Who made it?)…

Where schools are ready to reopen

For NYT Opinion, Yaryna Serkez and Stuart A. Thompson estimated where we’re ready:…

Stock market mountains

After seeing stoxart, I was reminded of Michael Najjar’s project High Altitude from…

Stock market charts turned into illustrated landscapes

stoxart is a project by Gladys where she turns stock market charts to…

Reduced mail sorting capacity

The United States Postal Service is losing mail sorting machines — as an…

Who can vote by mail

There’s going to be a lot more voting by mail this year. The…

FiveThirtyEight launches 2020 election forecast

The election is coming. FiveThirtyEight just launched their forecast with a look at…

Using a slime mold simulation for generative art

Slime mold are single-celled organisms that can work together to form multicellular structures.…

Gaps between mortality rates for black and white Americans

For NYT Opinion, Gus Wezerek charted the gaps between white and black mortality…