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Can We Improve on the Stacked Bar Chart?
The stacked bar chart is a tricky little devil.
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Integrating Legends into Titles
One of the five core guidelines in my data visualization work is what I call “Integrating the Graphics and Text.” In Better Data Visualizations, I quote…
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Where is Data Visualization Innovation?
Lately, the data visualization community has wondered whether the field is getting a bit stale.
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Where is Data Visualization Innovation?
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Can the DOGE Commission Deliver? A Data-Driven Look at Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Government Reform Claims
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Vote: Which Graph Version Do You Like Best?
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Five Guidelines for Better Data Visualizations
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Where Are Federal Workers Employed? It Depends on the Dataset
Over the past several weeks, I have been investigating how changes in the US federal government will affect states and localities using local-level data…
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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 state Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs. I found that…
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Exploring Regional Patterns in Federal Agency Workforces
During the first month of the Trump Administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has cut or threatened to cut the jobs of thousands of…
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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 a budget that would cut Medicaid benefits, which provide free or…
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Federal Workforce Cuts Would Affect More Trump-Voting Communities
The Trump Administration has made reducing the number of people working for the federal government a prominent goal for its first few months.
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The Implications of Shrinking the Federal Workforce by DOGE’s Recommended 75 Percent
As you surely know, Donald Trump tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with running the new nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to…
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Small Multiples, Big Impact: Simplifying Complex Charts
One of the key pillars of my approach to visualizing data is finding ways to break up a dense chart into smaller chunks.
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