Smart Charts
June 5, 2012Our friends at Mother Jones compile the numbers on the most expensive election in Wisconsin history.
May 31, 2012Despite some progress, newspaper opinion pages are still dominated by male perspectives.
May 30, 2012With only five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has 25 percent of the world's prison population.
May 24, 2012ProPublica's interactive timeline tracks Bush administration policies on torture, detention and surveillance to see how much they've changed under President Obama.
May 22, 2012Common Cause and lawyer Emmet Bondurant think it is, and Ezra Klein looks at the history of this obstructive practice.
May 15, 2012A new report indicates that high teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are a consequence of poverty.
May 11, 2012New infographic from the Center for Responsive Politics shows importance of bundlers in the president's campaign.
May 9, 2012Just as President Obama’s views on same-sex marriage have evolved over time, laws across the country have also evolved to grant — and sometimes deny — LGBT rights on a range of issues.
May 4, 2012How highly-politicized job reports truly affect our economic recovery.
May 2, 2012A new report shows how increased productivity and stagnant wages have resulted in greater income inequality.
