COMM-260 Quant Methods & Data Viz (Spring 2021) | Final projects from students in Quantitative Methods & Data Visualization at American University Fall 2020.

Incarcerated People Have Disproportionately Low Vaccination Rates. Here’s Why

Incarcerated People Ha...

34,500 Texas inmates have tested positive for Covid-19. However, only 2,000 doses have been received for incarcerated people, according to The Covid Prison Project. No data sugg...

Evanston's reparations program falls short of community needs

Evanston's reparations...

Lesley Williams could not stop thinking about her father in the days after March 22, when the city of Evanston, Illinois passed the nation’s first reparations program. She racke...

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Student Enrollment Numbers

How COVID-19 Has Impac...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in early 2020, universities across the nation saw enrollment rate changes across the board after announcing classes would be hel...

The relationship between mass-shootings and suicides

The relationship betwe...

As high-profile mass shootings have increased in frequency over the past twenty-five years, a pattern has emerged in those who carry out these attacks. Most often the attacker i...

COVID Deaths in People Under the Age of 25 highlight Fatal Year

COVID Deaths in People...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected more age groups more severely than others. To date there have been 557,486 deaths resulting from the coronavirus. Data from the CDC sh...

Restrictiveness of State Gun Laws is Associated with School Shootings

Restrictiveness of Sta...

A generation of students has been raised to fear school shootings.

Homeless Vermonters still struggle to find affordable housing

Homeless Vermonters st...

“I think I pay close to 50% of my income for my housing. As a single parent, even for me, that’s hard. 50% of my income goes right to my rent, and that doesn’t include anything....

DC homeless residents receive aid, vaccination wealth gap expands

DC homeless residents ...

With COVID-19 vaccinations becoming more widespread across DC, homeless residents are receiving the help they need, with over 50% of documented homeless people vaccinated. While...

How New York counties continue to approach and adapt to COVID-19

How New York counties ...

New York especially struggled in the early onset of the coronavirus outbreak. The entire population was hit hard by the pandemic, and the economy statewide declined as a result.

The coronavirus pet adoption boom: How new owners and shelters are responding to the increasing demand of pets

The coronavirus pet ad...

Animal shelters has seen increased the demand in adoption rates for both cats and dogs, as the pandemic hit the United States which has kept more people at home. Local shelters ...

The rise of Asian Hate in New York City

The rise of Asian Hate...

There has been an undeniable rise of hate against Asian Americans since the start of the Pandemic. The rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans has increased 833% since the s...

Wildfires are spreading and they're getting more expensive by the minute

Wildfires are spreadin...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Summer of 2020, one month into purchasing her first home in the coastal city of Mendocino, California, Jessica Luriel’s home was burned down after the ...

Poverty rates combined with Covid-19 caused learning loss in Virginia in 2020

Poverty rates combined...

Justice High School’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) college-readiness program for typically first generation, traditionally underrepresented students who are c...

Covid-19 and the Effects on People of Color Across the Nation

Covid-19 and the Effec...

Covid 19 has disproportionately affected people of color across the nation. According to the CDC there is a consistent pattern across states of Black and Hispanic people receivi...

US Car Accident Data in 2020; How Much Did Covid-19 Play a Role?

US Car Accident Data i...

Accident Counts Are Down, But Fatalities Steadily On The Rise

Boston schools story

Boston schools story

Boston Latin Academy, one of the three exam schools in the Boston Public Schools district, stands as a monument to dedicated teachers as well as glaring neglect. The schools’ te...