COVID-19 And Substance Abuse

The opioid crisis in America has in recent years gained public awareness, but it is really only part of what have become known as ‘deaths of despair’ consisting of mainly drug-induced, alcohol-induced, and suicide deaths. The CDC reported 181,686 such deaths in 2018....

Data Visualization: Grid Geography

A significant problem with using administrative districts for mapping results from the great discrepancies in their physical size and shape. For example, counties in the eastern United States tend to be small and regular, but the further west you get, the larger and...

Buy American: A Map

Turn on any TV channel (well, for those of us that have resisted cutting the cord), and at some point you are bound to see an infomercial for a product that says “Proud to say made in the U.S.A.” as a major selling feature. For many Americans, they prefer to buy...