Author: John Hill

The USA Today culled together thousands (millions?) of Tweets yesterday for the 2014 general election and they produced this spiffy time-lapse data visualization. I couldn't help but be struck by a […]

The wage gap is widening in Clark County, according to a story by reporter Aaron Corvin that we published yesterday. In the story, Corvin reports that "the median hourly wage […]

Today marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Week and it's Hispanic Heritage Month and the U.S. Census Bureau has shared a plethora of national figures on one of the fastest-growing segments of the […]

We're pretty proud right now of Chris Gluck, who writes about the Portland Timbers for The Columbian in his Possession with Purpose blog. Last weekend, Gluck was invited to speak at the […]

We are really liking the sound of that around here. The Society of Professional Journalists recently handed us that moniker – "Best Web Design" – etched on a glass plaque along […]

Every year as Mother's Day approaches, the U.S. Census Bureau shares a fact sheet filled with statistics about moms. I've pulled out a few highlights but then, where possible, I've added […]

OK, pop quiz time. When do most pedestrian-vehicle collisions occur in Clark County: daylight or darkness? Do most of those collisions occur on days that are: a) rainy, b) dry or c) […]

If you work a minimum wage job in Washington state, you'd need to work about 81 hours a week to pay the average monthly rent in this state. It's worse […]

Earlier this week, something The Atlantic tweeted out caught my eye. It said, "Why More Divorces Are a Good Sign for the Economy." The basic premise is that when the […]

There's a saying that "no news is good news," and last week proved to be one of the newsiest weeks we've ever seen here. Sadly, most of it was not […]