The Senate is currently in intense debate regarding raising the federal minimum wage. Several potential wages have been proposed, including a $10/hour plan from Senators Romney and Cotton and a more generous $15/hour plan from the progressive Democrats. Right now the current federal minimum wage stands… Read More »The Minimum Wage, the Living Wage, and the Wardrobe
Today’s been a big day in the stock market. Lots of people have lost a lot of money, and a lot of people are understandably really upset. Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s happened so far A subreddit called /r/wallstreetbets (visit at your own peril), which has… Read More »Why isn’t Robinhood letting me trade? (hint: there’s probably not a conspiracy against you)
As you might have noticed, I post rather erratically and infrequently. There’s a lot of reasons why, but the main reason why is that writing is hard. Behind the scenes, I often spend 40+ hours on some of my blogposts between idea generation, data cleaning,… Read More »On Post Frequency
Have you ever thought about bringing cold, hard statistics to one of life’s greatest artistic joys? Well fear not, because in our increasingly data-driven world, our analyst friends are hard at work attempting to statistisize (numerize?) everything you can think of, so we can analyze… Read More »Analyzing Hip Hop – Who’s Most Lyrical, What Determines Popularity, and More
It’s Thanksgiving, also known as DJ Khaled’s birthday, and COVID-19 is back with a vengeance. We’ve all been cautioned by the CDC to celebrate a socially distanced holidays this year, and the data shows most of us are ignoring them so far. I’m not here… Read More »COVID: A tale of two Americas
The president has COVID. A number of his close confidants, including Kellyanne Conway and Chris Christie, have COVID diagnoses of their own. It appears that Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Rose Garden Nomination Ceremony was a “superspreader” event that spread COVID among all levels… Read More »Is the GOP taking COVID-19 seriously?
COVID has been tough for all of us. It’s been 171 days since the White House declared coronavirus a National Emergency, and life hasn’t been the same since. As with any major life change, there are bound to be mental health effects for a lot… Read More »America’s Mental Health
Race has a long and complex history in the United States, perhaps first dating back to 1619 when some “20 and odd” Africans were first brought to the colony of Jamestown. Since then our rich culture of immigration (some of it, unfortunately forced) has resulted… Read More »Do Black Lives Matter to the Police? A Statistical Look
Climate change has far reaching impacts beyond the gradual warming of the earth. The ocean is becoming more acidic, coral reefs are dying, and species are going extinct at alarming rates. In particular, extreme weather events appear to be becoming more common in recent years.… Read More »Are floods getting worse?
It’s been some 45 days since the White House declared COVID-19 a National Emergency and the bulk of us became largely confined to our homes. As people begin to agitate for the end of the quarantine and a number of states begin to open up,… Read More »Coronavirus: Some Thoughts on the Quarantine
