The Counted launched by the Guardian newspaper to provide the public with statistical data about people killed by the police in the USA. It is possible to search by name, age, gender, ethnicity and state.
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NarcoData
A new data visualization tool created by Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia, which aims to provide a visual mapping of drug cartels and organised drug crime in Mexico. At the moment 4 years of data seems to be available. All information is offered in Spanish.
Malala
Released this week, He Named me Mala, the inspirational documentary on the young Nobel prize winner See her historic speech to the United Nations on their YouTube channel also available are films of C-Span appearances. Times Documentary 2012 Class dismissed which featured her school. And read her 2009 blog.
Fuel poverty and cold homes
Fuel Poverty and Cold homes is worse in Britain than in other European nations according to a ranking by the Association for the Conservation of Energy. It provides analysis of energy prices and the quality of housing stock. The UK government website provides free access to official definitions of fuel poverty plus annual reports on its […]
Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) online platform
…from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) University of Maryland. This provides an online mapping of the inter-relations (in person or online) between 50 key terrorist organisations since 1998. For instance see this entry on al-Qaeda Se also the Start global terrorism attacks database which has information and […]
Government Defence Anti-corruption Index
New from Transparency International an international ranking of governments worldwide whose defence policy expenditure is at high risk from corruption. It measures lack of accountability and possibly supply of weapons from / to ISIS. Topics covered include: legislative scrutiny of defence policy and legislation of procurement. A detailed methodology is provided.
Cuts and austerity
What do the British public think of the cuts and austerity policy? Latest research from IPSO Mori shows 43% think public services are worse than 5 years ago but only 23% say they have been directly effected by spending cuts down from over 33% in 2012.
Living wage level raised
The level of the living wage was raised by 40p an hour this week to £8.25. What is the living wage and how does it compare to the national minimum wage? Consult the Living Wage foundation to see how it is calculated and its supporters. KPMG has recently released an assessment that in 2015– that […]
Crimes against journalists
November 2nd was the international day to end impunity about crimes against journalists. Released to mark the occasion was a special report from UNESCO World trends in freedom of expression and media development: special digital focus 2015 It covers countering online hate and protecting journalists in the digital age, and the role of internet intermediaries in fostering […]
Hansard Corpus
Website containing nearly every speech in the British Parliament 1803-2005 with some linguistic analysis. Developed by the University of Glasgow. http://www.hansard-corpus.org/
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