The US election shows that the days of stylish reporting are over
Peter Preston
The data processors could learn a thing or two about presidential campaign coverage from old masters like Alistair Cooke, who wrote so eloquently when JFK achieved the White House, writes Peter Preston
The History of US Congressional elections: House and Senate ideological makeup visualised
How does America's partisan political system work? XKCD has this sophisticated take on both the US Senate and the House of Representatives through the ages
The business of US food aid: how we analysed the data
The Guardian analysed details of food aid contracts to find out where the US government gets the goods for its programmes. Here we explain how we did it
Divided we stand: what if South Carolina were independent?
What kind of country would it be? How would a US divided by 30 historic and present-day secessionist movements look? This map aims to see what kind of countries they would be
