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A man walks through a king tide flood in South Florida.

Environment

Crowdsourcing Data to Track How Rising Seas Affect King Tide Flooding

After collecting thousands of data points from a crowdsourced initiative, the Virginia Institute for Marine Science created maps that will improve regional flooding predictions.

Somali vendors prepare fish for sale at Bosaso beach in Somalia on December 17th, 2016.

Economics

How Data Sharing Is Stopping Illegal Fishing in the Indian Ocean

A collection of East African nations are working together to curb the economically and environmentally harmful practice.

A house in Newport News, Virginia.

News in Brief

The Future of Data Justice Under Trump

Communities need hard data to prove they're been affected by pollution. But the government databases that keep track of those numbers are now under threat.

Social Justice

The Embarrassing State of U.S. Maternal Health-Care Data

It has gotten to the point that no official count of pregnancy-related deaths in this country or official maternal mortality rate even exists.

Robin Fields & Joe Sexton

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal is seen outside the FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Federal Agencies Are Failing to Report a Range of Crime Statistics to the FBI’s National Database

The gaps in data damage efforts to understand the nature and scope of violence driven by racial and religious hatred.

A.C. Thompson & Ken Schwencke

John Thompson.

News in Brief

The Guy Leading the 2020 U.S. Census Just Quit

Here's why that's bad news.

Photo showing a Syrian family walking through O'Hare airport in Chicago

News in Brief

Nearly Four Years After the Snowden Revelations, the NSA Backs Off (Some) Warrantless Surveillance

Almost four years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden first began to unveil the size and…

News in Brief

If We Don’t Use Our Climate Data, We Risk Losing It Forever

A critical mass of everyday users is the best defense against political attacks on climate information. By Denice…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Alien Algorithms

A data scientist examines the ways in which we put our trust in data we don’t understand. By…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Considering the Costs of Open Government Information

Before we decide that it’s case closed in favor of open government information, we should be open to…

Pacific Standard Staff