Exploring Regional Patterns in Federal Agency Workforces
During the first month of the Trump Administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…
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Cuts to Medicaid Would Hurt All Communities, Red and Blue
Republicans in the US House of Representatives are pushing forward a plan to pass…
Federal Workforce Cuts Would Affect More Trump-Voting Communities
The Trump Administration has made reducing the number of people working for the federal…
Small Multiples, Big Impact: Simplifying Complex Charts
One of the key pillars of my approach to visualizing data is finding ways…
Happy Birthday PolicyViz!
Last week was the 10th birthday of PolicyViz. (Thank you, Commonwealth of Virginia, for…
Can the DOGE Commission Deliver? A Data-Driven Look at Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Government Reform Claims
President-elect Donald Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with running the non-governmental…
Seeing Beyond the Data: Lessons from Faith, Text, and Visual Representation
My synagogue recently adopted a new prayer book for the High Holidays, the period…
Introducing the Urban Institute Data Visualization Style Guide’s Open-Source Excel Add-In
Last week, the Urban Institute released an updated version of the Urban Institute Data…
Beyond the Map: How Marimekko Charts Offer a New Perspective on Election Results
Maybe the most common data visualizations to show election results are maps. Maps, maps,…