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The Boston Globe

Beyond the Gilded Gate

Published October 2023

Home prices have risen nationwide, particularly since the pandemic. By one measure, the cost of a home is now six times higher than it was in 1980. The Boston Globe Spotlight Team's investigation on the housing crisis in Massachusetts.

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The Boston Globe

Teens Speak

Published September 2023

What is it like to be a teenager today? The responses were heartfelt, thought-provoking, illuminating, funny, sweet submissions from across the country. Confessionals and manifestos, investigations and ruminations, poems, memoirs and art.

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The Boston Globe

True stories from an ICU

Published May 2023

It was still dark when ICU nurse Ernesto Barbieri arrived for his shift. The day that followed was both thrilling and mundane; lives were saved, but life is precarious there every day.

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The Boston Globe

How do we memorialize the pandemic?

Published May 2022

Throughout the pandemic, temporary memorials have paid tribute to those lives claimed by the virus. They serve as quiet places to mourn loved ones and a chance to comprehend the enormity of the pandemic — more than six million dead.

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The Boston Globe

The Emancipator

Published April 2022

The Emancipator is a nonprofit digital magazine that reimagines the nation’s first abolitionist newspapers for a new day. It centers critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity.

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The Boston Globe

The Longevity Hub

Published April 2022

The Boston Globe and MIT's AgeLab present The Longevity Hub, a comprehensive series that highlights the crucial factors necessary for turning Boston into a hotspot for new technology in response to our aging population.

A photo illustration of the presidential seal, which features an eagle holding an olive branch in its left talon and a bundle of arrows in its right. In the center of the crest is a shield and above the eagle are the words 'E pluribus unum.' The crest is surrounded by stars. The image is in black and white with a large crack splitting the seal diagonally in half.

The Boston Globe

Future-proofing the presidency

Published June 2021

Donald Trump exposed the weaknesses in our system of government that could now be exploited by a corrupt leader with control of the White House. This series outlines the urgent reforms needed to prevent the rise of an American tyrant.

An illustration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by Peter and Maria Hoey.

The Boston Globe

The Globe endorses Joe Biden for president

Published October 2020

In addition to a traditional editorial that argues that the former vice president can restore the integrity of the presidency and set the country on a better path, the Globe editorial board makes 12 cases for 12 different kinds of voters.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Life in Ferguson

Published July 2019

Post-Dispatch photographers fanned out across Ferguson to show what life was like in the community five years after the shooting of Michael Brown, which ignited protests and fueled debate about law enforcement, social justice and reform.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tariffs and drought weigh heavily on farmers

Published October 2018

Farmers are no strangers to having their livelihoods dramatically shaped by often unpredictable ups and downs — left to the whims of weather and market volatility. But many around the region say 2018 has been unlike any year in memory.

Erin Shank, an urban wildlife biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Prairie restoration project is in bloom in north St. Louis

Published October 2018

After biologists discovered a hidden prairie at Calvary Cemetery, the reserve is lush and flowering, but threatened by locust trees, invasive plants and inaction. These remnants could show what Missouri looked like when settlers arrived.

Amy Kussman sits on the roof of her flooded home on the Meramec River near Old Telegraph Road in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Faces of the Flood

Published August 2018

Twenty-five years ago, over the summer of 1993, flooding ravaged the St. Louis area and the Midwest. The Post-Dispatch takes a look back and reconnects with some of the people featured in images from our coverage of the Great Flood.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stolen Future

Published May 2018

A six-part series about dementia through the story of Lonni Schicker, a professor who began experiencing memory problems, quit her job and moved in with her son. She began a years-long search to find out what was wrong with her brain.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Blues Top 50 Players of All Time

Published September 2016

When the Post-Dispatch set out to pick the top players in Blues' history, they choose the ones who wore the Blue Note best. A panel of former players and media submitted their own lists, which were used to come up with the final selections.

Geoffrey Casson, one of the five western Manitoba veterans interviewed for the project, is holding a military ribbon in his hands.

The Brandon Sun

Knights of D-Day

Published June 2016

The Brandon Sun has compiled the wartime stories of five western Manitoba veterans who helped liberate France during the Second World War and joined more than 1,000 other Canadian veterans as Knights of the French Legion of Honour.

Interactive graphics

A carousel of three choropleth maps of the United States showing how a small shift in the polls in seven swing states is all it would take to turn a dead heat into a decisive Electoral College victory for either Harris or Trump.

The Boston Globe

Polls suggest a close race. These maps show it might not be.

Published October 2024

A shift in the polls in seven swing states would turn a dead heat into a decisive Electoral College victory for either Harris or Trump. Seven toss-up states, where the polls show an edge of less than two points, account for 93 electoral votes.

A dot map showing cities in the Greater Boston area colored by median cost of a one-bedroom apartment, starting from yellow representing lower rents to dark red representing higher rents.

The Boston Globe

What’s the rent where you live? The Globe’s new rent tracker keeps tabs all over Eastern Mass.

Published August 2024

When you live in Greater Boston, it can feel like the rent never stops climbing. Rent in this housing-starved region has grown more expensive in nearly every community over the last year, according to the Globe's new monthly rent tracker.

A choropleth map of Massachusetts by town showing where median home prices have risen since 2018. Most of the map is colored yellow, orange or red indicating that prices have only increased in the past five years, with the largest increases happening outside of Greater Boston.

The Boston Globe

Town-by-town map: See where median home prices have risen the most

Published June 2024

It’s no secret that home prices have soared to new heights in Greater Boston. But most of the towns that have seen the fastest rise in home prices aren’t inside Route 128, according to median home sale price data from by The Warren Group.

A map of job density in downtown Boston and the surrounding neighborhoods. The dark blue dots show how jobs are clustered in the professional and financial sectors, making the area less economically resilient to the pandemic's aftermath than even nearby parts of the city.

The Boston Globe

Employment in downtown Boston and surrounding neighborhoods

Published February 2024

Job density in downtown Boston is high, but those jobs are clustered in the professional and financial sectors, making the area less economically resilient to the pandemic's aftermath than even nearby parts of the city.

A choropleth map of Greater Boston by census tracts showing how Americans' life trajectories are profoundly influenced by where they grow up.

The Boston Globe

The childhood roots of social mobility

Published September 2023

Harvard economist Raj Chetty's research shows that Americans' life trajectories are influenced by where they grow up. That holds in Greater Boston. Poor children raised in the blue-shaded census tracts had higher household incomes.

A choropleth map of Boston by precinct showing voter turnout in the 2021 preliminary mayoral election.

The Boston Globe

Voter turnout in Boston’s 2021 preliminary mayoral election

Published January 2023

An analysis of election results and census data by MassINC Polling Group shows that voter turnout was higher in majority-white precincts such as West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain than in precincts with large numbers of people of color.

A map of the United States with orange dots showing the nearly 5,800 neighborhoods with poverty rates of 30 percent or higher prior to the pandemic.

The Boston Globe

Concentrated poverty in metropolitan America

Published December 2022

Before the pandemic, the nation’s metro areas had nearly 5,800 neighborhoods with poverty rates of 30 percent or higher. One in 15 Americans lived in these places. There were more children in these neighborhoods than in all of New England.

A choropleth map of United States by congressional district showing that outside spending exceeded $1 million in just 66 of 435 districts. The districts are colored based on the amount of outside spending, starting from pale green representing $1 million to a dark green representing $25 million.

The Boston Globe

Limited engagement

Published September 2022

The outside groups that play a big role in congressional races are investing in a narrow set of races. An analysis of the 2020 elections for the House of Representatives shows that outside spending exceeded $1 million in just 66 districts.

A series of three choropleth maps of Boston by neighborhood showing mobility patterns of predominately white, Black and Latino neighborhoods.

The Boston Globe

Mobility by race

Published October 2021

When it comes to mobility patterns, every predominantly white neighborhood in Boston is a medium, medium-to-high-, or high-advantage neighborhood — meaning residents have substantial interaction with people from better-off neighborhoods.

A choropleth map of Boston by neighborhood showing areas of high poverty and joblessness, where residents have little interaction with people from better-off neighborhoods.

The Boston Globe

Residential neighborhood disadvantage

Published October 2021

Every major American city has swaths of neighborhoods coping with high poverty and joblessness. There are places that aren't just poor, they're isolated. These residents have little interaction with people from better-off neighborhoods.

A table showing the grades the American Society of Civil Engineers gave to the nation’s infrastructure from 1988 to 2021.

The Boston Globe

America's infrastructure report card

Published March 2021

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation’s infrastructure a grade of C-, an improvement from a D+ four years ago. While there was improvement in some categories, 11 of the 17 categories received D’s.

A map of Missouri showing nursing homes in the state where at least one resident or staff member has COVID-19.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nursing homes in Missouri where at least one resident or staff member has COVID-19

Published June 2020

More than 250 nursing home residents in Missouri have died of COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Records reveal dozens of federally-licensed nursing homes in the state reporting infections.

A map of the St. Louis area showing the various businesses that applied to grow, process, test, transport and sell marijuana or marijuana-infused products and where they would open up shop.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Marijuana businesses applying to open in St. Louis area

Published September 2019

Missouri has received more than 600 applications to grow, process, test, transport and sell marijuana or marijuana-infused products in the St. Louis area. State records reveal the type of facility and where each facility would open shop.

A calendar from January 2018 to January 2019 showing there were roughly 70 police chases involving the St. Ann police department in that timespan.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Ann police pursuits (Jan. 2018 - Jan. 2019)

Published April 2019

St. Ann police data shows there were roughly 70 chases involving the department between 2018-2019. The pursuits resulted more than 20 collisions. Those numbers put St. Ann police well above other departments its size in the St. Louis area.

A choropleth map showing over 1,600 properties and more than 200 acres in the neighborhoods surrounding the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s planned western headquarters owned by Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

His development rights are gone, but Paul McKee is not

Published March 2019

Despite St. Louis’ decision to terminate an agreement with NorthSide Regeneration, Paul McKee owns over 1,600 properties and more than 200 acres in the neighborhoods around the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s planned headquarters.

News apps / databases

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Homicide tracker

Published January 2022

The St. Louis region faces an epidemic of murder. To address this worsening crisis, the Post-Dispatch created a homicide tracker to memorialize victims and to collect comprehensive information about incidents across the region.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Show Me the Money

Published December 2019

It’s campaign season in Missouri. Politicians are raising money, running ads and stumping across the state. To help keep track of your elected officials, we have developed Show Me the Money, a database of individual campaign contributions.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis school guide

Published June 2017

The St. Louis school guide gives you the tools they need to make informed decisions about your child’s education. It simplifies the process and helps parents navigate the numbers by putting the state’s key performance measures in one place.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis-area public pay

Published November 2016

See what police officers, teachers, elected officials and other government workers make. Our database includes earnings information for the states of Missouri and Illinois, St. Louis-area county and municipal governments, and more.