Mass shooting fatalities have dramatically increased in the United States over the last ten years. We are still in mid-2019, and we count 25 deaths in 4 incidents.
This visualization shows the...
FiveThirtyEight has long been a leader in election modeling and forecasting. In 2020 we sought to build on our success by making the forecast most useful, understandable, and accessible to a wider...
The rocket tests of recent years show that North Korean missiles are no longer limited to targets across Asia. Their ultimate and preferred target, the US, is now within reach of its latest...
This visualisation explores the UK's 2019 general election results. Specifically, it looks at whether there is a relationship between turnout and swing by party and region.
I processed the data...
Members of the public in European states including France, Belgium, Germany and the UK greatly overestimate their country’s Muslim population and the rate at which it is growing.
There are two phenomena which converged towards the writing of this blogpost. First of, the recent US elections have put into question, yet again, the voting system used in electing the US...
People love inventions. TV shows like Shark Tank and Make Me a Millionaire are pulling in a crazy number of viewers each night based on content around inventions. MidAmerica Nazarene University has...
Since 1980, there have been 101 mass shootings in the United States in which four or more victims were killed, most recently on August 31, 2019 in Odessa, TX, where 7 people died. As painful as it...
As the presidential campaign enters its final weeks, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are making their closing arguments in this long and bruising election. The candidates’ positions on the issues...
The German federal election takes place this September. For the first time since the 1950s, a party to the right of the CDU/CSU is on track to enter the German parliament: the right-wing populist...
The World Hostility Graph displays the totality of the world's recorded conflicts from 1816 to 2014. In 198 years, 199 countries created 4726 conflicts whose outcomes created our modern...
The interactive chord chart explores the international trade of vegetables, animals, and food products between the top 15 import and export countries from 2005 to 2014. Each chord represents the...
Click on a country on the map to filter all the coups from 1950.
Use the sliders to choose between cold war and post-cold war, or to focus on a specific period.
Mechanicus is an interpretation of the large machine a single human can control via stock investment and how unsustainable it is since the only common factor is profit, not the customer, employees,...
‘These tax cuts are set to reshape Australia’s budget’ had a single goal – put the massive $243 billion price tag of the stage 3 tax cuts into perspective.
It’s easy for one’s eyes to glaze over...
This project was created to draw attention to the vast differences on how independent and government media reports recent demonstrations in Budapest.
On April 12 and 13 I’ve saved a screenshot...
This visual report examines Russia’s growing use of private military companies (PMCs) to increase its influence through irregular means. In recent years, Moscow has expanded its overseas use of...
Since June 2016, Britain’s position in the EU has remained uncertain due to Brexit. As a consequence of this political uncertainty, Reuters looked at how the British economy has positioned itself...
Amidst an age where leadership commands the spotlight on the world stage, The Atlas of Leadership presents an insightful expedition into the profiles of heads of state. Through an interactive map,...
The goal of this project is to use data to allow people to explore an average financial situation under a variety of constraints. We often hear comments by politicians or opinion writers that if...
With Europe’s largest nuclear reactor caught in frontline fighting between Ukraine and Russian forces, the world was on edge at the thought of another nuclear catastrophe unfolding in Ukraine. This...
The animated map shows the distributions of population and wealth across the globe styled as a nighttime satellite image. It illuminates one of the major issues of our collective present and...
Across Minnesota’s Twin Cities’ region, exclusionary policies have historically limited economic opportunities for Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Hispanic residents. On behalf of the nonprofit...
Commercial companies like SpaceX are starting to gain traction in the space industry. There are currently more than a dozen private rocketscapsules and spaceplanes under development, with more on...
One politically sharp phrase has become a method to unite an entire country. 'They have ruined this country' has become an expression referring to the bad government in the last decade.
In...