What most people think of as the Confederate flag is actually the battle flag of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia — it was never an official flag of the Confederacy.
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We summarized studies that look at deaths in police custody from multiple angles, including restraint methods and police force demographics.
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Each year, the federal government distributes billions of dollars in Title I grants to school districts based on the number of low-income children each district serves. Localize your state’s stakes with our interactive maps.
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To help journalists understand how the 2020 census will affect each state’s share of federal dollars, we’ve visualized fiscal year 2017 data for 40 of the largest census-guided programs.
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To help you appreciate and explain how the 2020 census will affect federal programs on the national level, we created an interactive visualization tool.
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An updated collection of recent reports, research and analysis relating to Amtrak, rail transit and Positive Train Control.
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We present research that examines why some individuals vehemently support or condemn the Confederate flag and its role in American race relations.
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How to research nonprofit organizations, with examples of investigations and instructions on finding and reading 990 tax filings.
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Tip sheet explaining a few basic statistical techniques that can help reporters and editors make decisions when there is some ambiguity — and a borderline “call” — inherent in the numbers.
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2016 tip sheet providing a broad overview of key tools, terminology and applications that can help journalists map data and tell stories that have geospatial dimensions.
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