The Year in Infographics

Beautiful, informative data visualizations have been one of GOOD's hallmarks from the start, and we fulfilled that mission more than ever before in 2011. From an infographic that compared school cafeteria food and prison meals to an interactive vi

Are the Richest Americans Also the Best Educated?

The latest data from the U.S. Census's American Community Survey paints a fascinating picture of the United States at the county level. We looked at the educational achievem

What Congress Would Look Like if It Really Represented America

America is getting more and more diverse—for instance, our Hispanic population grew by 43 percent in the past decade alone—but you'd never be able t

The Best and Worst Countries in Which to Pay Taxes

If you think your taxes are complicated, imagine a business' tax forms. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently completed a survey of how easy it is for businesses to pay taxes in

School Cafeteria Food vs. Prison Food

Hopefully you haven't gotten the chance to taste jailhouse cuisine, but if you're a product of the American school system, you probably have childhood memories of standing in line f

The Successes and Failures of the Fight Against AIDS

Thirty years after we first learned of AIDS, the world has made huge advances in its fight against the disease. Public knowledge is up and deaths are down, but we've stil

Are Facebook Users More Trusting?

New research from Pew shows that people who use social networking sites are more likely to make connections with others. Do you buy it?