This post is inspired by President Obama’s recent remarks about higher education, and Governor Corbett‘s recent announcement that there will be additional cuts to public universities in Pennsylvania. The above is a map of educational attainment by state using information from below, which originally comes from the U.S. Census Bureau. FYI: the list is sortable.  [ Read More ]

Above is a map of Pennsylvania median property values (2000) by zip code created with Google Fusion Tables. Google Fusion Tables is a great tool, but it can be 1) a bit intimidating 2) difficult to use without knowing how to get shape files. While problem #1 can be solved with practice and playing around,  [ Read More ]

This is a PowerPoint file which includes charts, graphs and tables dealing with inequality, wealth accumulation, employment, and unemployment. This presentation also deals with how employment/unemployment varies based on geography, gender, and race. This set is largely inspired the the infographics from Mother Jones illustrating the growing inequality gap in the United States. Infographics have  [ Read More ]