by d3wpadmin | May 21, 2020 | Cassie Kinsora, COVID-19
It goes without saying that one of the major concerns surrounding COVID-19 in the Detroit area is the impact that the pandemic has had on employment. After years of employment growth, many states are facing a period of economic uncertainty, and our area is no...
by d3wpadmin | May 14, 2020 | Cassie Kinsora
We’ve already established in our previous Census blog series that one of the reasons the Decennial Census is so important is the redrawing of Congressional districts, or redistricting. Now we’ll talk about the impact of redistricting and the establishment of...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
There are many uncertainties around the data related to coronavirus in the world. As we pointed out in an earlier blog, the state’s reporting originally had almost 30% of deaths listed as “race unknown”. This didn’t stop local and national news outlets from running...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Stephanie Quesnelle
Normalizing data, or setting the data up to make it easier to read and compare, can help ensure that comparisons of these raw numbers won’t favor highly populated communities like New York City or Detroit, or leave out lower populations altogether. One great way...
by d3wpadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | Stephanie Quesnelle
I wrote a while ago about D3’s flexible family leave policy and how it helped me transition back into a full time work schedule. Well, spoiler alert, coming back as a full time employee doesn’t mean I stopped being a mom with different schedule needs than I had...
