A weekly dive into the data behind the news. Each Saturday, Opinion columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and more.

Since 1980, when the ED was established in its current form, reading and math scores have slightly improved — despite a pandemic-triggered decline over the past few years — according to the Nation's ...

Stocks charts are polarizing among investors focused on the long term. To some, using them is akin to reading the intestines of a goat to try to predict the future. For others, trend lines and ...

The Department of Education (ED) has come under scrutiny from President Donald Trump, who has argued its authority should be ...

Using a chart of blood sugar levels by age can help ... of blood on a test strip in the glucometer to get a blood sugar ...