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A weekly dive into the data behind the news. Each Saturday, national correspondent Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and more.

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“Imagine a pie chart that shows Visuals at 42 percent, Numbers at 36 percent, Stupid Jokes at 15 percent and Random Complaints at 7 percent. Now let’s convert that to a bar chart.”

Philip Bump, national correspondent