Where Young People Are Moving
Migration Patterns is a new interactive map from the U.S. Census Bureau and Harvard University which reveals the towns and cities where youn...
Redistricting America
Every ten years, after the national census, states have to redraw their congressional districts in response to changes in the population dat...
The (Not So) Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is very, very big. Although it isn't as big as it used to be. In 1987 the lake was 3,300 square miles in siz...
Climbing the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Climbers Nathan Longhurst and Travis Soares are both attempting to climb all 247 peaks in the 'Sierra Peaks Section' of the Sierra N...
The Climate Shift Index
The Climate Shift Index shows you how much global heating has influenced today's weather. Every day the Climate Shift Index map reveals ...
Mapping Vintage Newspapers
The Library of Congress' Chronicaling America project digitizes historic newspapers from across the United States. Using the site anyone...
They Paved Paradise
USA Parking Lots is an interactive map of the United States which blacks out every single parking lot in the country. Of course because this...
Brooklyn Bridge is Falling Down
Brooklyn Bridge may not be about to fall down any time soon, however according to the U.S. National Bridge Inventory Map it is in 'poor ...
Scratch & Sniff New York
Under the grey, decrepit streets of New York there is a shiny, modern 21st Century city just waiting to emerge. At least there is on Chris W...
Where Cars Kill
Every year tens of thousands of people are hit by cars in New York. The New Yorker has released an interactive map which allows you to see w...
What Matters in the Midterm Elections
In order to find out which issues voters care most about for the upcoming midterms, Axios analyzed which issues were being searched the most...
America's Mass Shooting Problem
School Shootings are an almost uniquely American problem. While it is true that school shootings have taken place in other countries around ...
Polluting the Poor in San Francisco
If you are on a low income in San Francisco then you are probably breathing polluted air. On average the poorest San Franciscans have a 30% ...
The Deadly Streets of San Francisco
Six times a day, every day of the week someone is injured by a car in San Francisco. A car injures someone approximately every four hours on...
The NYPD is Spying on You
There are thousands of surveillance cameras in New York which can track your movements around the city. The New York Police Department's...
Street Widths in American Cities
American streets tend to be much wider than streets in other countries. The average width of a residential street in the United States is 55...
Step Inside a New York Tenement
The Washington Post has created a virtual tour which allows you to step inside a New York tenement building and explore how people lived in ...
Global Warming is Happenng
Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening. According to the Yale Climate Opinion Maps the majority of people in ever...
64 Days Since a Global Warming Record
The United States has gone 64 days without a daily temperature record being broken somewhere in the country. On Feb 15th Borger, Texas recor...
The Las Vegas Building Age Map
Las Vegas was founded in 1907. During the early years of its existence the city had a relatively small population. In 1930, one year before ...