Betsy Ladyzhets

Betsy Ladyzhets is a freelance science writer and data journalist based in Brooklyn, N.Y.

All Stories by Betsy Ladyzhets

  1. A Black student looking into a microscope
    Science & Society

    These 6 graphs show that Black scientists are underrepresented at every level

    In the U.S., Black people are underrepresented in STEM fields, both as students and in the workforce.

  2. illustration of people in the United States
    Science & Society

    How the U.S. census has measured race over 230 years

    As the U.S. census gets under way, a review of historical data shows the difficulties in measuring race