Newly elected presidents love to claim their victory is a mandate, even when they’ve barely won. Has any president received enough votes to truly have a mandate?

Diving into the data on the NYC Subway not only taught me about payment adoption and delays on the subway but also about my creative process. Here are 3 things I learned.

When Mexico hosted the Olympics in 1968, they earned 8x more medals than in the previous games.

With the cost of many everyday items slowly creeping up, I was curious to understand how the price of a subway ride has increased over time. I discovered that in inflation-adjusted dollars a subway ride is 80% more than it was in 1913. That might sound like a lot but in 1913 the train lines weren't as connected as they are today AND they didn't have air conditioning.