Section 287(g) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, enacted in 1996, authorizes the federal government to work with state and local law-enforcement agencies to enforce national immigration laws. This can include screening detainees for immigration status and transferring potential deportees to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody.

Researchers from the Vienna Institute of Demography examine the relationship between childlessness and educational attainment among women from 13 European countries.

The strength of a university’s Facebook community may play a role in building brand loyalty among students.

While data journalism can take many forms, mapping is perhaps the most basic and accessible way to create meaning graphically to help audiences understand stories and issues in new ways. It is, of course, one of the oldest forms of data visualization, with a history that stretches back centuries, even millennia.

The notion that journalism should become more data-driven — and get a little closer to social science — is not a completely new idea. The journalistic sub-field of computer-assisted reporting, embodied in the work of the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ NICAR program, has a long history.