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How Much Does It Really Cost to Go to College in California? [Interactive Map]
Mouseover locations for undergraduate annual in-state tuition and living cost estimates at these 23 California State University and nine University of California campuses (doesn’t include UC San...
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Tracking Four Decades of Refugee Migration [Interactive Map]
The hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming into Europe this summer are a small fraction of the total displaced population around the world. War and persecution have forced a record number of...
View ArticleThird Party Platforms: Where Do America’s Smaller Parties Stand on the Big...
It’s gonna be a long slog till Election Day. As Wednesday’s second Republican debate draws near, it comes as a loud reminder that — like it or not — the 2016 presidential race has fully descended upon...
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Where Pope Francis Stands on Six Hot Button Political Issues [Infographic]
Since assuming the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis has brought a new and at times quite controversial energy to the Catholic Church and its 1.25 billion followers. As evident in his address to a joint...
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The Refugee Crisis: What You Need to Know [A Comic Infographic]
Click to view as a slideshow, or download the full piece here. Sources Eurostat 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Frontex CIA World Factbook UNHCR
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Explained in Plain English
UPDATE (Monday, Oct. 5): The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached final agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest trade agreement in history. It now faces exhaustive...
View ArticlePhysician-Assisted Suicide Laws by State [Interactive Map]
Following months of emotionally-charged debate, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed landmark legislation allowing terminally-ill patients to obtain lethal medication. When the measures goes into effect...
View ArticleThe Loaded History of Gun Control in America [Interactive Timeline]
Included as a fundamental right in the U.S. Constitution, firearms have played a pivotal role in America’s history and culture. But federal gun control laws were largely nonexistent until well into the...
View ArticleWhat’s the Most Popular Halloween Costume in Your ‘Hood? [Interactive Map]
If you’re still searching for a distinctive Halloween costume, you’d be well advised to steer clear of any Batman or Star Wars character getups. That’s according to Google, at least, which has once...
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Weren’t the Pilgrims Refugees Too?
Regardless of where you stand on the question of admitting Syrian refugees into the United States, there is a certain undeniable irony in watching this heated political debate unfold during...
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What Are Traffic Waves and Why Do They Happen So Much?
Select a car from the bunch, click “Hit the Brakes” to slow it down and watch the traffic wave form. The red bars show deceleration levels (braking) and the green, acceleration (speeding up). Mouse...
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State of the Union BINGO!
Who says gambling and politics don’t mix? President Obama tonight gives his seventh and final State of the Union Address, underscoring accomplishments and outlining a range of goals for his last year...
View ArticleThe Big Issues of the 2016 Presidential Election and Where the Candidates Stand
On the public radio show This American Life, the host Ira Glass once noted the widening chasm in American politics: “Everyone knows that politics is now so divided in our country that not only do the...
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The Supreme Court and the Battle for a New Justice, Explained
The unexpected death in February of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia leaves open a coveted seat on the 9-member High Court, upping the ante of an already high stakes presidential race. Scalia was...
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By the Numbers: Where Women Stand in America Today
March is National Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the many incredible achievements made by American women and to acknowledge the ongoing struggle for gender equality. Thanks to the tireless...
View ArticleThe U.S. and Cuba: A Brief History of A Long, Complicated Relationship...
When President Obama touched down in Cuba on Sunday, he became the first American president to visit the island nation since Calvin Coolidge traveled there 88 years ago. Joined by his family and more...
View ArticleThe Panama Papers, Explained: Making Sense of the Biggest Data Leak in History
Talk about a mic drop … This week, the world was introduced to the mother of all data dumps. The Panama Papers is a global investigation of 11.5 million confidential documents that provide detailed...
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How Government Redlining Maps Encouraged Segregation in California Cities...
A Supreme Court decision last June made clear that housing discrimination is not just a thing of the past. Discussion Questions & Suggestions Why did the federal government create different...
View ArticleHow the Money Bail System Works and Why Critics Say It’s Not Fair
More than half the U.S. jail population has never actually been convicted of a crime. That’s roughly 420,000 “pretrial” defendants stuck behind bars in city and county jails who haven’t had their day...
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The Hidden Roots of Memorial Day
Memorial Day was born out of the collective trauma of the Civil War. By 1868, the head of a major veterans association, declared that the 30th of May would be dedicated to “strewing with flowers or...
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