This is a really important story that needed to be told - Oppenheimer's test site wasn't remote. It was populated by Hispanos and Native Americans - also great to have Cat Cardenas on delosangelestimes.com latimes.com/delos/story/20…

I made an interactive quiz to accompany Sarah Grace Taylor's excellent reporting on the Seattle City Council primary. There are 45 candidates across 7 districts so take a look before you fill out your ballot!

In the past four years the PNW has seen some of the largest marine heat waves on record since monitoring began in 1982. And this July, a mass of warm water twice the size of Alaska arrived on PNW shores. (viz by aileen) seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e…

Amazon is on trial in WA over allegations of unsafe working conditions in its warehouses. Hundreds of pages of court records & employee complaints shed light on what its like to work at the e-commerce giant one inspector said was "hazardous by design." seattletimes.com/business/hazar…

San Juan County plans to build a 3-mile-long paved path between Friday Harbor and a nature preserve west of town. Here’s why farmers and recreation advocates are clashing over it. st.news/4410SIQ

Maura's story sparked this investigation into the Smithsonian's racial brain collection. She was an Indigenous Filipino woman who came to St. Louis to be put on display at the World's Fair. When she died, an anthropologist likely took her cerebellum. wapo.st/3YDekkN

A really thoughtful, heart-wrenching, and insightful story about teens trying to access treatment for opioid use disorder. I made some graphs, but Hannah's reporting really shines.

Shuttered stores. New housing. This street was an 'Old Seattle' holdout. Now it's unrecognizable. What’s happening on Rainier Ave? seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s… (w/ Karen Ducey aileen)

You can ride all the way through Seattle on light rail without access to a restroom. Walk into the city's neighborhoods, and your options don’t get much better. From Northgate to Rainier Beach, here's what that looks like. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h… (w/ Anna Patrick #timeforchange Daniel Myungkyu Kim)

Submissions for Volume 7 of the Atlas of Design are now open to both NACIS members and non-members alike, across the world. Excited to see what maps you've been making! atlasofdesign.org/submit/

Since the pandemic, Metro ridership hasn’t risen and fallen uniformly. In working class areas, it dipped less and returned faster; the inverse is true in richer areas. Analysis of 7k stops by Manuel Villa, mapping by aileen and story by me. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…

Capped off my time with the Seattle Times with subject near and dear to my heart - public transit! Data by Manuel Villa, story by @kromanDavid, geospatial analysis, maps, and project page by me. projects.seattletimes.com/2023/local/tl-…

I'm very loosely participating in the #30DayMapChallenge, so here's Day 1 - Points, made in QGIS and Illustrator! Thanks to Helen McKenzie for her explainer on blending modes.

I lived or worked near the Green Line for the entirety of my time in DC so it has a special place in my heart. For the #30DayMapChallenge Day 2 - Lines, I present a small selection of green lines around the world. I'd love to do a more comprehensive version one day.

Re-sharing this map I made prior to the Women's World Cup this year for #30DayMapChallenge Day 9 - Hexagons. (It has not been updated to reflect points earned in this year's tournament.)

If you made a sick map for the #30DayMapChallenge, consider submitting it to volume 7 of the Atlas of Design! Submissions due by Jan 21.

Fantastic maps from all around the world have been submitted for consideration for the Atlas of Design v7, but we would love to see more! Digital, tactile, hand-drawn, practical or abstract - let's see what you've been working on. Submissions due Jan 21 @ atlasofdesign.org/submit/

One of the maps featured in the newest edition of Atlas of Design of Design! Read the article and then pre-order your copy of Volume 7 at atlasofdesign.org/order/

The Atlas of Design editorial team is excited to share our thoughts on the first half of the Volume 7 Honorable Mentions! atlasofdesign.org/2024/08/31/vol…