WASHINGTONPOST (Daniel Wu) - Alcohol-linked cancer deaths have doubled in recent decades. What to know about risk.
Around 23,126 people died from alcohol-attributable cancer in 2023, up from 11,361 in 1990, according to a study.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - ‘It’s probably gonna be a BLUE year’: Nate Silver gives midterms predictions, talks new podcast
Nate Silver joins Morning Joe to discuss the launch of his new Crooked Media podcast, ‘Still Counting.’ The show reunites the ‘538’ podcast crew, teaming Silver up with his former co-hosts, Clare Malone and Galen Druke. The team says their goal is to cut through the noise with fact-based reporting to help listeners better understand the political landscape ahead of this year’s midterm elections and beyond. Silver joins the Morning Joe panel –alongside Republican strategist Susan Del Percio—to discuss the latest data and predictions involving the 2026 midterms.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Trump 2.0 is reportedly DELETING or altering data about police misconduct, pollution, and poverty
A new report from DataIndex found that over the last year and a half, the Trump administration has completely wiped or altered nearly 400 data sets related to police misconduct, pollution, poverty, and public health. Vaughn Hillyard breaks down the impact of this data purge.
NYTIMES (David Pierson and Berry Wang) - China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.
China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.
NYTIMES (Ruth Igielnik, Jillian Eugenios, Seth Carlson, Santiago García Muñoz, Lauren Pruitt, Thomas Trudeau, Mike Abrams and Patrick Healy) - What Can a Poll Tell Us?
Everyone wants to know who will win an election, but polls do more than predicting outcomes. The polling reporter Ruth Igielnik shares how polls are also judged on their ability to reveal electorate dynamics.
NYTIMES (Ben Casselman) - A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard to figure out what’s going on?
NPR (Jonaki Mehta) - Federal civil rights data holds schools accountable. Under Trump, it's 6 months late
The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public.
The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public.Open
NYTIMES (Emily Baumgaertner Nunn) - N.I.H. Announces World’s Largest Integrated Health Database
It contains more than half a million people’s genomes, paired with clinical records and wearable tech data. That gives researchers unmatched power to study both diseases and treatments.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
NYTIMES (Simar Bajaj) - The Wearable Data Your Doctor Actually Wants
Wearables can offer rough information about a person’s health, experts say, but only some metrics are medically useful.