Freshwater has been described as the oil of the 21st century. In the wake of extreme water stress events across the globe in places like Cape Town, Mexico City, and Australia, I wanted to explore...

In 2017, over two million traffic stops occurred in Illinois. Each time an Illinois resident was pulled over, the enforcement officer was required to record the details of the traffic stop,...

A series of maps explain how President Assad’s military – backed by Russian warplanes – have been waging a harsh campaign against an array of rebel factions in Syria’s bloody conflict. The...

The Healthy Marketplace Index (HMI) reveals local trends in a large but lesser-known sector of the U.S. health care system – employer-based insurance, which covers half the population. HMI creates...

The result of a three-month investigation, 3,121 desperate journeys breaks down the real cost of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy. The piece aims to tell the story of just one week...

Sexual violence in Australia is pervasive but rarely prosecuted, much less punished. Invisible Crime is an attempt to give a count to these crimes, a texture to the experiences of those who survive...

In Brazil, couples that want to adopt children need to go through an extensive examination and backround check. After they are accepted into the adoption proccess, they also need to fill a form in...

The Force Report, a 16-month investigation by NJ Advance Media, found New Jersey’s system for tracking police force is broken. It collected five years of police force data to show readers how often...

‘Visualizing Yemen's Invisible War’ is a multimedia special feature that explores the horrific consequences of US support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, using first-hand accounts from...

Visualization of the first Russian victimization survey. An overall view of what happens after a crime is committed, cybercrime in comparison with other types of crime and some circumstances of...

China is accused of incarcerating hundreds of thousands of Muslims in detention camps that are rising from the desert sands in Xinjiang. A forensic analysis of satellite data covering 39 of these...