Smart Charts

Education spending is lower than pre-recession levels in most states.

Track what political books people are buying across the country in the run-up to November's election.

This smart chart compares the net worth of the presidential candidates, members of Congress and the general public.

Check out an interactive map that enables citizens to learn voting requirements for each state.

Media Matters for America reports that two of the four networks are completely ignoring one of the biggest banking scandals in recent history.

Just how many veterans are there? And how many of them have fought in multiple wars? Find out that and more in this enlightening infographic created by the Census Bureau.

Although the unemployment numbers for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are still worse than the national average, the past three months have seen a sharp decline.

More troops took their own lives in the first half of this year than were killed in combat in Afghanistan.

The Guardian looks at how the U.S. compares with the rest of the world on gun ownership and gun homicide rates.

This new chart from Demos provides a snapshot of the state of poverty in America today.