The New York Times has a fascinating story today about links between marriage and children and the growing class divide in America. The story focuses on two families — one led by a married couple, Chris and Kevin Faulkner; the other by a struggling single mom, Jessica Schairer: The economic sto... Read more →

The summer Olympics begin in just over two weeks. The quadrennial event has continued to grow over the years, with more than 200 countries and 10,000 athletes competing in 2008. Here's how participation has changed over time: As the event continues to grow, women are being included at higher ... Read more →

Andy Murray could become the first British man to win Wimbeldon since 1936 when he faces six-time champion Roger Federer on Sunday. While the British haven't earned a trophy in a while, they dominated the competition in its early years. This dashboard, created by Stephen McDaniel, visualizes ho... Read more →

Escaping the heat to visit Montreal this weekend. See you Monday. Read more →

As everyone knows by now, the U.S. Supreme Court today essentially upheld the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. I created a word tree to find specific words in the document and see how they fit in context with those around them. Here are phrases that begin with "federal power": Her... Read more →

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release rulings on key cases over the next week, including the much-awaited decision on the Affordable Care Act. The court has seen its workload decrease over the last 50 years. Last year, for example, the court issued just 71 rulings, the fewest since at l... Read more →

I've spent the last few days in Boston, helping the Knight Foundation visualize data about attendees at its Civic Media Conference. Here is some of that work, which Knight has posted on its blog: First, I wanted to know when people applied for the Knight News Challenge on networks, the winners ... Read more →

A few years ago, the great Niran Babalola and I dreamed up a news app that included all inmates and prison units in Texas. We built it because the state's database was perpetually down, and we thought the public — victims, prosecutors and inmate families, especially — should have a reliable vie... Read more →

I'm geeked about attending tonight's USA vs. Brazil soccer match, especially after watching our team play so well Saturday against Scotland. But if history is any guide, it could be a long night for the USA side, which hasn't beaten Brazil since 1998 (its only victory over the South American po... Read more →

I've posted more than 3,700 tweets since early 2009, when I began archiving my data. This chart, made with Raphaël JS, shows which days and times were most common (see the interactive version): Read more →