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The volatility of the Supreme Court, explained in a cartoonThe volatility of the Supreme Court, explained in a cartoon
Explainers

The “median” justice tells us a lot about the Supreme Court, including how much it needs to be fixed.

By Alvin Chang
Your state’s teachers are underpaid. Find out by how much.
Politics

It’s not just West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona: Teacher salaries have been stagnant or falling for years.

By Alvin Chang
Technology
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Technology

Have you ignored advice on using password managers? This cartoon is for you.

By Alvin Chang
A guide to the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal
The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagramThe Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained with a simple diagram
A guide to the Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal

A visual of how it all fits together. They’re now shutting down.

By Alvin Chang
Living in a poor neighborhood changes everything about your life
Criminal Justice

How racism created two, divergent American neighborhoods

By Alvin Chang
Politics
Teacher pay is falling. Their health insurance costs are rising.Teacher pay is falling. Their health insurance costs are rising.
Politics

The West Virginia teacher strike highlighted a nationwide problem.

By Alvin Chang
This game shows how college admissions discriminates against the poor
Politics

It’s not a meritocracy.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
The data proves that school segregation is getting worseThe data proves that school segregation is getting worse
Politics

This is ultimately a disagreement over how we talk about school segregation.

By Alvin Chang
Media
We analyzed 17 months of Fox & Friends transcripts. It’s far weirder than state-run media.We analyzed 17 months of Fox & Friends transcripts. It’s far weirder than state-run media.
Media

How the Fox morning show evolved into Donald Trump’s posse.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
The 700,000 people who would be hurt if Congress doesn’t act on DACA, visualizedThe 700,000 people who would be hurt if Congress doesn’t act on DACA, visualized
Politics

How we got here, what the program did for recipients, and what’s on the line.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
This cartoon explains how the Republican tax bill makes Donald Trump richerThis cartoon explains how the Republican tax bill makes Donald Trump richer
Politics

The GOP bill cuts taxes on “pass-through” businesses … like the Trump Organization.

By Alvin Chang and Javier Zarracina
Politics
The Republican tax bill, explained with a bowl of cartoon cerealThe Republican tax bill, explained with a bowl of cartoon cereal
Politics

Republicans are using vague words to sell their tax bill. This cartoon explains what it really does.

By Alvin Chang
Health Care
Who Trump actually hurts by stopping payments to insurance companies, explained with a cartoonWho Trump actually hurts by stopping payments to insurance companies, explained with a cartoon
Health Care

The payments are to lower costs for low-income people, but they increase costs for everyone else.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
Graham-Cassidy, the GOP’s last health care proposal, explained with a cartoonGraham-Cassidy, the GOP’s last health care proposal, explained with a cartoon
Politics

There’s some faulty logic here.

By Alvin Chang
Americans’ sustained fear from 9/11 has turned into something more dangerous
World Politics

Anti-Muslim policies are built on a fear that is incongruent with the threat.

By Alvin Chang
Watch how immigration in America has changed in the last 200 years
archives

We’ve always tried to figure out who should, and shouldn’t, be in this country — and it hasn’t been pretty.

By Alvin Chang
School segregation didn’t go away. It just evolved.
Politics

How parents are gerrymandering school borders and fencing out poor kids.

By Alvin Chang
Health Care
This cartoon explains why the revised GOP health care bill is an attack on sick peopleThis cartoon explains why the revised GOP health care bill is an attack on sick people
Health Care

The new Senate Republican health care bill fundamentally changes the way insurers can treat sick people.

By Alvin Chang
Politics
Every tax cut in the Senate GOP health care bill, cartoonsplainedEvery tax cut in the Senate GOP health care bill, cartoonsplained
Politics

And who they benefit.

By Dylan Matthews and Alvin Chang
Politics
7 types of people who are out of work, categorized with data7 types of people who are out of work, categorized with data
Politics

A concise way to think about who needs work in your city.

By Alvin Chang
How repealing Obamacare could splinter neighborhoods
Politics

“Inequality brings out the worst in us.”

By Alvin Chang
Politics
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Politics

Trump’s tax plan is based in this philosophy.

By Alvin Chang
I trolled my IRS scammers for weeks. I learned something really dark.
Criminal Justice

This is how the IRS phone scam gets you to pay your “taxes” with iTunes gift cards.

By Alvin Chang