Data Stories with Pictures

Using publicly available data to replicate findings and explore data from multiple perspectives

Preview of the Two Futures visualization

Two Futures on the Same Street

Black and white children raised in the same neighborhoods, in equally poor families, climb very different economic ladders — a tract-level look at the Opportunity Atlas.

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Preview of the Geography of Opportunity map

Economic Mobility in Cook County, IL

A tract-level view of economic mobility of children raised in low-income families across Cook County, Illinois.

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Preview of the Who Wants to Go to College visualization

Who Wants to Go to College?

How interest in attending four-year college among U.S. high-school seniors has evolved over time.

Monitoring the Future, 1976–2024.

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Preview of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey visualization

Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Black Youth

How the reported rise in suicide among Black youth is reflected in how high-school students describe their own mental health.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1991–2023.

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Preview of the Health-Income Divide visualization

The Health–Income Divide

How rates of common health conditions differ between the richest and poorest adults.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2014–2024.

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