by Matthew L. Schehl | Jun 9, 2015 | Data Projects, Topics
Muhammad Hassoon never heard the crack of the rifle. The force of the bullet that grazed his scalp four years ago knocked him out cold as he was leaving the gift shop he worked at on Forward Operating Base Falcon in Baghdad, Iraq. His attackers left him for dead – one...
by Curtis Sprung | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects, Topics
The times, they are a changing. The U.S. in the midst of a massive demographic overhaul. Currently, those identifying as “just white” are still a majority of the population, but data from the US Census shows that in every state, the white majority is shrinking. These...
by Christen Simeral | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs is working to get veterans off of wait lists and into clinics to be seen—and is making its progress public. The VA launched its Accelerating Access to Care Initiative in June following confirmed allegations that...
by Lingjiao Mo | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects
The financial crisis in 2008 marked the beginning of a catastrophe for the banking industry in the U.S. In the wake of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, many financial institutions faced the fate of closure because of the purchase of toxic assets such as mortgage-backed...
by Shu Zhang | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects
WASHINGTON — A video posted Aug. 19 showing 40-year-old freelance journalist James Foley being beheaded by Islamic State militants added one more to journalists’ death toll in conflict zones in 2014. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 32 journalists...
by Taryn Galbreath | Aug 27, 2014 | Data Projects, Topics
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted to end segregation and to administer systems to promote equality specifically for African-Americans, now at 50 years later… what does progress look like? The foundation for what would become the 1964 Civil Rights Act was...
