How much does it cost to buy a 30-second Super Bowl ad?
Since the 1960s, the price of a 30-second advertising spot in the Super Bowl has constantly risen.
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The fate of Box City and San Francisco’s enduring homeless camp epidemic
What happens when the city of San Francisco takes down a homeless encampment? One initiative attempts to steer former encampment residents into a center that connects them to a shelter, health services and the coveted housing pipeline. But entering the program does not always lead to permanent housing.
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As America grows more diverse, fashion magazine covers are slow to show progress
Over the past three decades, even as the United States population has become more diverse, top fashion magazines continue to feature more white models than minority models on their covers.
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California’s school financing shift gives a boost to East Palo Alto schools, but inequities remain
Reducing long-standing funding disparities between wealthy and impoverished school districts was one goal of a 2013 shift in how California funds public schools. But is it working?
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Trump’s move to cut public art grants criticized as unprecedented by a U.S. president
If Trump’s FY 2018 budget proposal passes, the National Endowment for the Arts would lose all of its federal budget support — nearly $148 million, the equivalent of 45 cents per American.
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Prepare for takeoff: Overbooking, passenger bumping, and that United Airlines debacle
United is not the only airline that bumps passengers. Air travel consumer reports show this is an industry-wide issue. So we crunched the numbers.
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SPECIAL REPORT – Lego Visualizations of the Women’s March, Refugees
To bring context to recent events, we used Legos to help visualize the Women’s March, executive order protests and the numbers of refugees in the country.
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Five countries account for more than three-quarters of refugees in 2015
The number of refugees coming from Iraq, Somalia and Bhutan has actually decreased or remained stable from 2014 to 2015.
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Visualizing the Women’s March with Legos
Comprehending the numbers of people who protested in January’s historic Women’s March is difficult to understand just by the numbers. That’s where Legos come in.
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Thousands protest President Trump’s executive order at major airports
We visualized the number of protesters at five major airports, following President Trump’s immigration ban executive order.
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These are the top states to resettle refugees by political party, as told by Legos
In fiscal year 2016, the U.S. admitted 84,995 refugees – the highest number since the turn of the century. According to Pew Research analysis, only 10 states resettled the majority of refugees. Six of those states voted Republican in the 2016 presidential election.
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The women’s protests: marching from afar
This video uses LEGOs to show the international countries where the most protesters turned out, during global marches for women’s rights on Jan. 21.
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