While the Boston Marathon bombings and fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas had Latin American news outlets scouring for wire reports, press from one Spanish-speaking country maintained a physical presence in Washington for the bipartisan immigration bill introduced Wednesday morning. Yes, it’s obvious – Mexico. Like media in the U.S., El Universal, one of the largest newspapers in Mexico City, published a straightforward piece titled, “Immigration reform plan presented before the Senate.” Unsurprisingly, the paper first…
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Chart of the Week: New York City’s income disparities via subway lines
The New Yorker came out with an impressive interactive infographic that makes a sad American problem interesting to navigate. Income inequality is particularly acute in New York City, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and Larry Buchanan maps it out on the city’s subway. We took a digital ride on each line and took note of the median household income at each stop. Here’s a snapshot of that journey at a couple of…
Read MoreBoston Marathon sympathizers bear hearts in risky digital spaces
From the depraved violence of the Boston Marathon bombing emerged a heartening human response. Local and nationwide sympathizers opened their hearts and homes to bombing victims, publicly sharing selfless offers of generosity — along with their names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and neighborhoods in a Google document set up by The Boston Globe simply titled, “I have a place to offer.” Here is an image of the beginning of the massive doc. We blurred out…
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