Not awful and boring ideas for teaching statistics

Three minutes example of within-subject design, applied research, and ecological validity. Also, you could use it as an excuse to play German club music before class?

The Washington Post, telling the story of the opioid crisis via data

Free beer (data)!

Smart's "The differences in how CNN MSNBC & FOX cover the news"

'Nowhere To Sleep': Los Angeles Sees Increase In Young Homeless

NPR series on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

NFL.com's Football Freakanomics

Anya Kamenetz's "The Past, Present, And Future of High-Stakes Testing"

Mara Liasson's "The challenges behind accurate opinion polls"

First day of class: Persuading students to treat statistics class as more than a necessary evil (with updates)

The United Nation's "2013 World Happiness Report"

Washington Posts's "GAO says there is no evidence that a TSA program to spot terrorists is effective" (Update: 3/25/15)

Lesson Plan: SIDS and plagioencephaly

io9's "New statistics on lightning deaths in the U.S. reveal weird patterns"

Northwestern Mutual's "The Longevity Game"

University of Cambridge's Facebook Research