WQXR's 2016 Instrument Drive Is Live
Here, at the WQXR offices, we read about, watch and listen to a lot of classical music. We created the WQXR Whole Note as a place to share news, videos, music and musings that have captivated us. We...
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The Impact of Specific Communities on Super Tuesday
As all of the Super Tuesday votes are counted, we're watching how different kinds of communities vote — big cities, exurbs and the African American South.By looking at how the votes fall into the 15...
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Your Super Tuesday Data Dump
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.As the dust from Super Tuesday settles and reality sets in, Americans can begin to look at the presidential candidates and their chances for the...
View Article"Magic" Terre Haute
Election news is awash in unreliable polling and pundit guesswork. But what if there were a better way to divine the will of the electorate? What if there was a "Magic Town" that dependably reflected...
View ArticleThe Trouble with NYPD's Crime Dots
The NYPD newest crime statistics map, CompStat 2.0, was viewed about 75,000 times in its first week. If you zoom out on the map, New York City looks like one big blue dot of serious crimes, including...
View ArticleLong Islanders Say None of the Above for President
Voters registered in New York's Long Island are relatively split among Democrats, Republicans and Independents. But no matter their party affiliation, many are dissatisfied with the current...
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NYC to Install a Record Number of Protected Bike Lanes This Year
New York City will be getting over 15 miles of physically protected bike lanes in 2016 — more than any year previously, officials said.The de Blasio administration also promised to install around 50...
View ArticleNYC Charters Retain Students Better Than Traditional Schools
New York City charter schools retain more of their students, on average, than traditional public schools, according to Department of Education data obtained and analyzed by WNYC.Citywide, across all...
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Our Cheat Sheet to Interpreting the Vote by Demographics
Tuesday's presidential primaries scattered across five states, representing a complicated mix of voters and environments, but Clinton and Trump decisively won all kinds of community types.WNYC broke...
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NailbiterBot Tweets Close NCAA March Madness Games
Nailbiter Bot tweets whenever a NCAA men’s or women’s basketball tournament game is close near the end. Follow @NailbiterBot on Twitter to make sure you don't miss any end-of-game March Madness...
View ArticleNate Silver, Amy Davidson, and Kelefa Sanneh on the Election
The New Yorker’s David Remnick moderates a conversation with three great political minds: Amy Davidson and Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker and FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver. They discuss the rise...
View ArticleMarch Madness: Fewer Nailbiters, More Upsets
March Madness is down to 16 teams each in the men’s and women’s tournament, and there has been no shortage of games that have gone down to the wire. M: Michigan State (2) v. Middle Tenn. (15) is 76-79...
View ArticleMost New York City Schools Went 10 Years Without Getting Their Water Tested...
The drinking water in more than 1,000 public school buildings in New York City went at least a decade without getting tested for lead, according to a WNYC analysis of city data. Only in the last month,...
View ArticleDemocrats Rally in New York; Lead in Our Paint, Lead in Our Water; Why Busing...
Coming up on today's show:The Democrats are officially in our backyard! If you’ve attended a Sanders or a Clinton rally in New York, call in with your thoughts and observations. And we'll hear what's...
View ArticleWhy Some Cuisines Are More Expensive When You’re Eating Out
When we think of foreign foods, some cuisines are considered high end and others are considered affordable — or even cheap. Krishnendu Ray, the chair of the Nutrition and Food Studies department at New...
View ArticleNext Stop NY: An Updated List of the Candidates' Events
With their focus now on New York, the presidential candidates are scheduling public appearances in our area. We're tracking them all, and listing them here — so you can see and hear the candidates...
View ArticleKasich Event Attracts Bronx College Students — Who Can't Vote in New York
Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressed a crowd of mostly Fordham University students at a meet and greet in the Bronx on Thursday, just a week and a half before the New York primary. The event was held at an...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know to Vote in New York Today
Tuesday April 19 is Election Day in New York. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam and Erie counties. Polls in all other New...
View Article60,000 Fewer Democrats in Brooklyn and No Clear Reason Why
The county of Kings is playing an outsized role in New York State’s presidential primary race — particularly among Democrats. As the birthplace of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Brooklyn figures into...
View ArticleMAP: The New York Primary by NYC Neighborhood
As the votes come in for the New York state presidential primary, we're watching how the candidates fared in New York City neighborhoods.Motivation and MethodologyOur aim was to provide a picture of...
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