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June 2015

Significant Digits For Monday, June 1, 2015
Where This Year’s Cavs Rank Among LeBron’s NBA Finals Supporting Casts
Lindsey Graham May Have Already Won
What We Learned From The U.S. Women’s Soccer Friendlies
The Rock Isn’t Alone: Lots Of People Are Worried About ‘The Big One’
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 2, 2015
2015 Women's World Cup Predictions
How Our Women’s World Cup Model Works
Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. Has Company In The Lead
Big Data Says You And A.J. Jacobs Are Cousins
UAB Shows Us How To Revive A College Football Program
Most Americans Say They Don’t Know A Transgender Person — But Many Of Them Probably Do
There Is A Record Number Of Winter Jackets On The Streets Of The Northeast
FiveThirtyEight Finally Fixes FIFA
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Live Blog: Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal At The French Open
Polling Is Getting Harder, But It’s A Vital Check On Power
Where Police Have Killed Americans In 2015
Podcast: Blatter’s Out, Women’s World Cup, NBA Finals, And The Astros’ Turnaround
Kelley O’Hara And Christen Press Talk Dumplings, Shooting Stars And How To Win The World Cup
Memo From A Bitter Rangers Fan: The NHL Just Missed A Ratings Bonanza
It Takes A Lot Of Stop-And-Frisks To Find One Gun
How Your Tennis Stats Get Made
It’s Not 2007 Anymore, Lincoln Chafee
Teaching Youth To Think ‘Slow’ May Help Reduce Crime
Are Six-Man Rotations Ever Worth It?
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 4, 2015
NBA Finals Preview: LeBron vs. Curry vs. Everybody Else
Rick Perry Fell Harder Than Anyone — And He’s The First To Try Again
LeBron’s Greatest Challenge: The NBA Finals Aren’t Kind To Underdogs
The Warriors Became Great — Organically
Barcelona vs. Juventus Is The Strongest Champions League Final Ever
Lionel Messi’s Majestic Season
Significant Digits For Friday, June 5, 2015
What Are The Chances Of Serving On A Jury?
A Good Jobs Report, But Not Yet A Full Recovery
The Rest Of The World Is Catching Up To The Top Teams In Women’s Soccer
We’re Hiring An Art Director
The Class of 2014 Is Doing Pretty Well
What Kyrie Irving’s Injury Could Mean For The Cavs’ Chances
Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever
Where The U.S. Women Are Likely To Play In The World Cup’s Knockout Stage
Tobey Maguire Is The Real-Life Vince From ‘Entourage’
American Pharoah’s A Superhorse, But He’s No Secretariat
The Week In Data: Police Killings, Presidential Hopefuls, And Older Love Interests
32 Million People Get Called For Jury Duty In State Courts Each Year
Significant Digits For Monday, June 8, 2015
A Win Probability Guide To U.S. vs. Australia
What Fox News Still Isn’t Saying About Its GOP Debate
Escapees From New York’s Prisons Are Rarely Free For Long
The Tonys Have Never Been So Dominated By Women
‘Live By The Three, Die By The Three’ Is Mostly A Myth
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Don’t Pay Attention To That Wisconsin Straw Poll
U.S. Beats Australia, But Germany Inches Ahead In Our Women’s World Cup Forecast
Blatter’s Reign At FIFA Hasn’t Helped Soccer’s Poor
The Cavs’ Win Was Either A Huge Upset Or A Sign Of Something Bigger
Loan Forgiveness For Bad-Faith, Not Bad-Bargain Schools
Podcast: Lonely LeBron, Dominant Serena, And Nate vs. A 12-Year-Old
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The Most Common Unisex Names In America: Is Yours One Of Them?
There Are More Liberals, But Not Fewer Conservatives
The EPA’s Significant Yet Totally Insufficient Approach To Plane Emissions
Putting A Price Tag On The Stress Of Having A Child
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Cavs Have Played The Defense Of Their Lives So Far — Can They Keep It Up?
What Makes Someone Identify As Multiracial?
Is The Moon To Blame?
Uh, ‘Robots’ Aren’t Better Than Humans At Predicting Supreme Court Decisions
Where Have You Gone, Secretariat?
Significant Digits For Friday, June 12, 2015
Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. And Sweden Have A Score To Settle
The Abortion Rate Is Falling Because Fewer Women Are Getting Pregnant
Why The Warriors Are So Tough To Beat
Don’t Let ‘Jurassic World’ Ruin The Franchise: A Guide To Judging Movie Sequels
Big Papi Needs More Time To Think
The Iowa Straw Poll Is Dead. What Could Kill Off The Iowa Caucus?
The Week In Data: Master’s Theses, Maternal Mortality And The Minimum Wage
It Took 65 Days, But Finally Nobody Pushed ‘The Button’
Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner
Significant Digits For Monday, June 15, 2015
LeBron James May Go Down As The Greatest Loser Ever
Yeah, The Blackhawks Are A Dynasty
Get Ready For Even More Off-Book ‘Game Of Thrones’
Charts: Baltimore Crime, Before And After Freddie Gray’s Funeral
Significant Digits for Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Why Donald Trump Isn’t A Real Candidate, In One Chart
Here’s Another Story About How Great LeBron James Is
Baseball Gets A Rude Welcome To The Age Of Cyber Espionage
Podcast: Hockey’s Modern Dynasty, NBA Finals, And A Baseball Hacking Scandal!
The Best And Worst Airlines, Airports And Flights, Summer 2015 Update
Significant Digits for Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The Year Of The Warriors
What To Make Of The Bernie Sanders Surge
The Dominican Republic’s Revocation Of Citizenship Creates 200,000 Stateless People
The Long History Of Musicians Telling Republicans To Stop Playing Their Music
The Warriors Could Be The 1990s Bulls. Or The 1970s Bucks.
Doctors Are Partisan On Obamacare (Just Like Everybody Else)
Significant Digits for Thursday, June 18, 2015
‘Screen Time’ For Kids Is Probably Fine
What We Know About Hate Crimes In South Carolina
Brian Williams’s Reign At NBC Is Over — Here’s How It Stacks Up
Black Americans Are Killed At 12 Times The Rate Of People In Other Developed Countries
The Pope’s Not Going To Like How Far We Are From Our Climate Change Goals
An All-Charleston Significant Digits for Friday, June 19, 2015
Projecting The Top 50 Players In The 2015 NBA Draft Class
The Massacre In Charleston Is Unlikely To Lead To Gun Control Legislation
The Winners And Losers Of The Women’s World Cup Group Stage
We’re Getting Better Data On Sexual Assault, But We Need To Ask Better Questions
The Charleston Shooter Struck The Heart Of The African-American South
Time With The Kids Is Good For Dads, But So Is Providing For The Family
The Week In Data: Refugees, Snapchats, And Animal Trade
We Tried — And Failed — To Identify The Most Banned Book In America
Significant Digits for Monday, June 22, 2015
Before Charleston, Not Many People Wanted To Take Down The Confederate Flag
Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam Chances
Significant Digits for Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Leave O’Hare Airport Alone
Attitudes Toward Racism And Inequality Are Shifting
‘Jurassic World’ Is An Above Average Sequel — Math Says So
How A-Rod’s 3,000 Hits Stack Up
Podcast: U.S. Women March On, NBA Draft Preview, And Is A-Rod A G.O.A.T.?
Significant Digits for Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Introducing Our Newest Podcast: What’s The Point
Bobby Jindal Should Have Run In 2012, Not 2016
The Receding Of Sarah Palin, In One Chart
Ode To The Underrated: Andrei Kirilenko Edition
Here’s How Americans Spend Their Working, Relaxing and Parenting Time
Significant Digits for Thursday, June 25, 2015
Some Parts Of America Are Aging Much Faster Than Others
How Media Interest In The GOP Candidates Compares To Public Interest
The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision Is Already Worth $3 Billion For Insurers
Obamacare As A Political Issue Isn’t Going Away
Podcast: Neil DeGrasse Tyson On Big Data, Race, And Why Work-Life Balance Is Overrated
Significant Digits for Friday, June 26, 2015
Why De Blasio’s Decision To Add NYPD Officers Could Cut Crime
Same-Sex Marriage: From 0 To 100 Percent, In One Chart
The USWNT Better Fix Its Midfield Against China, Because Tougher Sledding Awaits
Will D’Angelo Russell Help The Lakers Call On The Hall Again?
Despite This Week’s Victories, Obama Has Struggled At The Supreme Court
A Brief History Of Gay Rights At The Supreme Court
The Consistent, Slightly Above-Average Schlock Of Seth MacFarlane
Change Doesn’t Usually Come This Fast
We’re Seeing More Strikeouts, But It Takes Many More Pitches To Get Them
The Week In Data: Marriage, Music Festivals And The Confederacy
Significant Digits for Monday, June 29, 2015
Despite Today’s Ruling, The EPA Has A Pretty Good Record At The Supreme Court
Gay Marriage Doesn’t Make Domestic Partnership Obsolete
Early College High Schools Are Off To A Promising Start
Significant Digits for Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Extreme Economic Outlier That Is Greece, In 7 Charts
The GOP May Regret Its Lasting Battle Against Gay Marriage
Did Nielsen Kill The Radio Star?
U.S. vs. Germany Is The Greatest Women’s World Cup Game Of All Time
Chris Christie’s Path Will Only Get Steeper From Here
Why Is The U.S. So Good At Women’s Soccer?