Movements chip away at the subminimum wage for people with disabilities
A Department of Labor policy allows organizations to pay people with disabilities under the minimum wage with a special certificate. Advocates across the country are successfully fighting it at the state level.
More and more Americans are moving to the South and West
Millions have moved to southern and western states like Arizona, Texas and Georgia in recent years. Here is a look at why combining narrative and data.
In Alaskan towns bolstered by cruise tourism, worries about another cancelled season loom
The pandemic’s disruption of tourism has devastated Alaska’s coastal towns whose economies rely on cruises and the spending they bring. Due to COVID-19 and a legal technicality, these towns might face another quiet summer.
In Alaska’s remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, COVID-19 surges present distinct challenges
In one of the most remote places in America, COVID-19 presents a grave threat.
Visualizing Billboard's Year-End Top 100, 2004 to now
Scraping, analyzing and mapping trends in the top 100 year-end songs on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2004.
A New York music writer and DJ reflects on queer spaces, gender, and lockdown
The absence of nightlife spaces since March has been difficult on queer people still figuring out their identities, like Goth Jafar, a 24-year-old music critic and DJ based in New York.
New York City arts institutions repurpose to fight hunger in the Covid-19 era
The pandemic and its economic crisis left more New Yorkers hungry in 2020 than any year in recent history. Some arts institutions, which are otherwise shuttered, are pivoting to food distribution to help.
New York’s Nightlife Professionals Band Together for Survival
The existential threat posed by COVID-19 prompted nightlife professionals to organize. They’re fighting to save themselves and each other through direct relief and government support. Still, their futures remain uncertain.