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Visualizing Global Commodity Production in the 1920s

Visualizing Global Commodity Production in the 1920s

This map is the latest in our Vintage Viz series, which presents historical visualizations along with the context needed to understand them.

The year was 1927. Art deco and surrealism were making their debut, the Jazz Age was in full swing, and depending on where you lived, you called this decade either roaring (U.S.), golden (Germany), or even crazy (France).

Julian Assange to Speak Publicly Next Week

In late June, Julian Assange returned to Australia a free man after years of suffering in harsh conditions in a Britain prison with the threat of extradition to the United States hanging over him. Since then, the WikiLeaks founder, who the US government sought to prosecute for exposing US dirty secrets including related to US military actions, has not spoken publicly. That will change by October 1.

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