Smart Charts
May 15, 2013Learn why a new study says the percentage of black males who voted in November is higher than the Census Bureau revealed.
May 14, 2013As the amount of carbon dioxide in our planet's atmosphere has increased, so too have donations to politicians from the fossil fuel industries.
May 7, 2013Review the highest CEO-to-worker pay disparities last year, including one CEO making about 1,795 times what his average worker earned.
May 3, 2013 | Updated June 10, 2014Take a by-the-numbers look at gun deaths, school shootings, public opinion and legislation in the year since Sandy Hook.
April 16, 2013The New Yorker maps average incomes around every subway stop in New York City. It's quite a ride.
April 15, 2013The wealthiest Americans are paying some of the lowest tax rates since World War II.
April 12, 2013The high-tech mecca is a stark example of a nationwide trend.
April 5, 2013A year before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described "two Americas" -- one prosperous, one desperately poor. Not much has changed since 1967.
April 2, 2013College tuition and fees are higher than ever, but graduating students are less likely to find jobs to cover the costs.
March 29, 2013Although public support for capital punishment has fallen since 1994, approval numbers have plateaued in the 60th percentile over the past decade.
