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…
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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,…
Introducing “Friends of Flourish” – Join The New Slack Workspace!
I am excited to announce the launch Friends of Flourish, a dedicated Slack workspace…
Fact-Checking 60,000 Thoughts: The Mystery Behind a Misleading Statistic
In 2015, I wrote a thorough take down of the (erroneous) claim that humans…
DataViz Style Guide Blog Series
For the last couple of years, I’ve been meeting pretty regularly with Max Graze, Amy Cesal,…
A Tale of Data Visualization: Inspiration, Imitation, and Tribute
An age-old data visualization debate reared its head again recently when The European Correspondent (EC) published…
Bringing Data to Life: One Frustration with Academic Publishing
For the past year, I have conducted a weekly “data physicalization” project with my…