When Time Gets Flipped: Rethinking Bar Chart Order
A recent Washington Post poll about voters feelings toward President Trump’s policies found a public mostly…
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What Makes the Difference in a Stacked Bar Chart?
This is a guest post from Fabio Murgia, a data visualization designer with the…
Can We Improve on the Stacked Bar Chart?
The stacked bar chart is a tricky little devil. It stacks several segments on…
Integrating Legends into Titles
One of the five core guidelines in my data visualization work is what I…
Where Are Federal Workers Employed? It Depends on the Dataset
Over the past several weeks, I have been investigating how changes in the US…
Where is Data Visualization Innovation?
Lately, the data visualization community has wondered whether the field is getting a bit…
All States Will Feel the Ripple Effects of Federal Workforce Cuts—Even Those That Voted for Trump
Recently, I estimated how a federal civilian workforce reduction of 15 percent would affect…
Mapping Federal Office Closures: A Look at DOGE’s Downsizing Efforts
The General Services Administration, working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has…
Shrinking the Federal Workforce by 75 Percent
In late January, using federal workforce data from the Office of Personnel Management, I…