Some Bylines
Baltimore Sun
Call 311 for a dirty alley in Baltimore? City’s response depends on where you live
Baltimore is furiously knocking down vacant houses — but barely keeps up as new ones go empty
Baltimore’s white population swells with millennials, resembling D.C., Brooklyn
Baltimore’s highest-paid city employee is police sergeant charged with assaulting bystander
Maryland governor precinct-by-precinct: Where Hogan and Jealous got their votes
Election apparitions: These Maryland ‘ghost’ precincts have no polling places or voters
Maryland nears record high voter registration — and independents make up the fastest-growing group
How safe are Maryland’s bridges?
How Baltimore’s first female reporter used maps and data to save Edgar Allan Poe’s Amity Street home
The gender gap is real — for crabs
Old Bay gets all the credit. Meet J.O., the seasoning that crab houses use.
Lunar New Year foods: 3 dishes to ring in the Year of the Pig
Los Angeles Times
Huge increase in arrests of homeless in L.A. — but mostly for minor offenses
L.A.’s homelessness math is a bit off — totals are the same but increases are smaller
Talking with Meredith Broussard about ‘Artificial Unintelligence’
Cathy O’Neil, author of ‘Weapons of Math Destruction,’ on the dark side of big data
When the rest of the world elected women leaders
Foods for a Chinese New Year Feast
Who gives money to Bernie Sanders?
Finding books in the least expected places around L.A.
The Economist
Are extraterrestrials extra patriotic?
Howard Magazine
Diversity by the numbers: As Howard County has grown, so has its racial and cultural mix
Source
How We Found New Patterns in LA’s Homeless Arrest Data
Nine Years of NICAR Lightning Talks (and Cats)
Peer Reviewing Our Data Stories
Brookings
Six Things to Know About Child Survival Since 2000
Who wins World Bank-financed government contracts?
Pay More Attention to Construction Firms in Africa
The Atlantic
Could a Few Billionaires Close the World’s Poverty Gap?
Data Skeptic
Sports metaphors and probability: Thoughts from a non-sports enthusiast
The Economist talks election forecasting
How America voted in 2016: datasets to help us figure it out
Everything I’ve learned about the USC/L.A. Times poll
Ms. Magazine
Revisiting “What Women Really Want” in Politics
Seven Sisters and the Women’s March
Stouts and Stilettos
Real Talk with Elysian Co-Founder Joe Bisacca, Two Years After Sale to Big Beer