By: Conor White The United States is currently well into the second month of life under lockdown. Not many could have predicted that our normal daily lives could have changed so drastically in such a short space of time. It...
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  By Jessica Devous Inspiration for this week’s Map of the Week came from maps of diasease at the Library of Congress. Published in 1874 by L.H. Carney, six maps showed the distribution of disease in the eastern region of...
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By: Maya Garcia First celebrated in the United States in 1970, Earth Day is now recognized worldwide each year on April 22nd. The holiday was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a former senator from Wisconsin, after he witnessed the after-effects of...
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By Arden Benner Much of the world is on lock-down this week and will continue to be for the next several. With that in mind, allow this week’s Map of the Week to take you on a virtual field trip—no...
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By: Conor White   The COVID-19 pandemic is creating headlines and breaking records all around the world on a daily basis. The virus which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province in December has completely changed people’s way...
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Written by: Jake Rogers     It is estimated that between 1820 and 1930 over 4.5 million Irish immigrants came to the United States, and between 1820 and 1860 this represented one-third of all immigrants entering the country. This means...
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By Conor White The 2020 United States Census is only a few weeks away. National Census Day is April 1, 2020 and by this date, households will receive an invitation to participate with options to respond online, by phone or...
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Graphic Source By Arden Benner Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro created the “City of Women” map to draw attention to the male-dominated gendering of spaces in New York City. From Rockefeller Center to Washington Square, the vast majority of the...
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Graphic Source By Jessica Devous This week’s Map of the Week highlights the proposal by Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo to redesign Paris as a 15-minute walking city. Le Paris du ¼ Heure (Paris in a Quarter of An Hour) is...
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