Alvin Chang
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Alvin:
Why 25% of teens can’t answer this question
Every few years, thousands of teenagers are asked a very simple question: What job do you expect to have when you’re 30? The answer can have lifelong consequences, but many teens don’t have one. → Read More
How South Koreans got so much taller
Humans have gotten a lot taller in the past 100 years — and South Korea shows us why. → Read More
How to squirrel-proof the power grid
The microgrid would make the power grid more resilient to storms — and squirrels. → Read More
Who pays the lowest taxes in the US?
A recent analysis shows that the poor might pay way more than you think. → Read More
How online ratings make good schools look bad
GreatSchools is America’s unofficial school ratings website. We conducted a data analysis of their scores. → Read More
The man who rigged America’s election maps
How Tom Hofeller shifted the balance of power by taking gerrymandering to the extreme. → Read More
The phone call that could get Trump impeached
Trump’s call with Ukraine, explained. → Read More
The chart that predicts recessions
Why does it matter when this curve changes? → Read More
All student debt in the US, visualized
Who exactly would benefit if we canceled all this debt? → Read More
Why video games aren’t causing America’s gun problem, in one chart
When we look at the top video game–consuming countries, there’s one clear outlier. → Read More
How segregation keeps poor students of color out of whiter, richer nearby districts
See how your local school district compares. → Read More
What the SAT really measures
Predicting what we might do can’t be untangled from where we’ve been. → Read More
Curiosity about Tulsi Gabbard spiked during last night’s debate. And it was already simmering leading up to it.
Online search and Wikipedia data reveals that her debate spike didn’t come out of the blue. → Read More
How the filibuster broke the US Senate
The way we got here was kind of an accident. → Read More
What’s actually in the Green New Deal, explained with a video
What we need to do to avoid climate disaster — and how we should do it. → Read More
This chart shows how badly the census could undercount people of color
This is partially by Republican design. → Read More
The Mueller report redactions, explained in 4 charts
We can’t see behind the bars. But we can see where they are — and why they’re there. → Read More
More affluent neighborhoods are creating their own school districts
The legally sanctioned fencing-out of low-income students of color. → Read More
The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice
This isn’t just a computer bug. It’s a scandal. → Read More
The 3 Trump-Russia ties we know about
What Robert Mueller’s investigation has revealed thus far. → Read More