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US Congress Is No Longer Getting Older: Average age by Congressional body

Is Congress still getting older? Look at the average age by Congressional body (Senate, House) at the start of the session, over time. What factors might be contributing to this?

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LeBron James’ Salary By Season (2003-2028)

LeBron James' Salary By Season (2003-2028)graph from Sportico/Lev Akabas; slow reveal by Jenna Laib Type of Graph: bar graph Purpose This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slide deck invite learners to identify trends, estimate values, and compare values, as… Continue reading LeBron James’ Salary By Season (2003-2028)

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“It’s Not Just a Trend — It’s a Phenomenon”: AI-Signifying Sentence Structure in Corporate Documents Doubled From 2024 to 2025

"It's Not Just a Trend -- It's a Phenomenon": AI-Signifying Sentence Structure in Corporate Documents Doubled From 2024 to 2025

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Blog: Digging Into Data Sources

by Jenna Laib "Data" is not neutral. When we look at a data visualization, it can feel cool and objective -- maybe even authoritative. But every graph, chart, or infographic has been shaped by a series of human decisions. Someone decided what to measure and how to measure it. Someone then decided what data to… Continue reading Blog: Digging Into Data Sources

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NFL Teams’ Consumption of “Uncrustables”

NFL Teams' Consumption of "Uncrustables"graph by Jayson Jenks/NY Times, slow reveal by Danielle Sugrue (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graphs: pictograph, scatterplot Visualization Source: Jenks, Jayson. "Wait, NFL Players Eat How Many Uncrustables?" New York Times: October 24, 2024. Data Source: "24 of 32 NFL teams provided The Athletic… Continue reading NFL Teams’ Consumption of “Uncrustables”