Merge pull request #2723 from PolicyEngine/enhanced-cps-full-launch

Add OBBBA household-by-household tile and update blog dates

Author: MaxGhenis

src/images/headshots/ben-ogorek.jpeg

@@ -49,25 +49,29 @@ export default function BlogPage() {
   // /uk/research/blog-slug-here
   const { postName } = useParams();
   const countryId = useCountryId();
+  const [content, setContent] = useState("");
 
   const post = posts.find((post) => post.slug === postName);
-  const postDate = formatFullDate(moment(post.date), countryId);
 
-  const imageUrl = post.image ? handleImageLoad(post.image) : "";
-  const file = require(`../posts/articles/${post.filename}`);
+  const isNotebook =
+    post && post.filename ? post.filename.endsWith(".ipynb") : false;
+  const file =
+    post && post.filename
+      ? require(`../posts/articles/${post.filename}`)
+      : null;
 
-  const [content, setContent] = useState("");
-  const isNotebook = post.filename.endsWith(".ipynb");
   useEffect(() => {
-    fetch(file)
-      .then((response) => response.text())
-      .then((text) => {
-        if (isNotebook) {
-          setContent(JSON.parse(text));
-        } else {
-          setContent(text);
-        }
-      });
+    if (file) {
+      fetch(file)
+        .then((response) => response.text())
+        .then((text) => {
+          if (isNotebook) {
+            setContent(JSON.parse(text));
+          } else {
+            setContent(text);
+          }
+        });
+    }
   }, [file, isNotebook]);
 
   // Some old links might point to a dated URL format
@@ -76,6 +80,19 @@ export default function BlogPage() {
     return <Navigate to={`/${countryId}/blog/${postName.substring(11)}`} />;
   }
 
+  // Handle external URL redirects
+  if (post && post.external_url) {
+    return <Navigate to={post.external_url} replace />;
+  }
+
+  // Handle missing post or filename
+  if (!post || !post.filename) {
+    return <Navigate to={`/${countryId}/research`} replace />;
+  }
+
+  const postDate = formatFullDate(moment(post.date), countryId);
+  const imageUrl = post.image ? handleImageLoad(post.image) : "";
+
   let markdown;
 
   if (isNotebook && content) {

src/images/headshots/maria-juaristi.jpeg

@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ export function FeaturedBlogPreview({ blogs, width, imageHeight }) {
 export function MediumBlogPreview({ blog, minHeight }) {
   const displayCategory = useDisplayCategory();
   const countryId = useCountryId();
-  const slug = blog.filename.split(".")[0];
-  const link = `/${countryId}/research/${slug}`;
+  const slug = blog.filename ? blog.filename.split(".")[0] : blog.slug;
+  const link = blog.external_url || `/${countryId}/research/${slug}`;
 
   const imageUrl = blog.image ? handleImageLoad(blog.image) : "";
 

src/images/posts/obbba-household-by-household.png

@@ -150,5 +150,23 @@
     "github": "https://github.com/eccuraa",
     "headshot": "elena-cura.png",
     "title": "Data Science Intern at PolicyEngine"
+  },
+  "ben-ogorek": {
+    "name": "Ben Ogorek",
+    "email": "ben.ogorek@policyengine.org",
+    "bio": "Ben is a data scientist at PolicyEngine.",
+    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/benogorek/",
+    "github": "https://github.com/baogorek",
+    "headshot": "ben-ogorek.jpeg",
+    "title": "Data Scientist at PolicyEngine"
+  },
+  "maria-juaristi": {
+    "name": "Maria Juaristi",
+    "email": "maria@policyengine.org",
+    "bio": "Maria is a data scientist at PolicyEngine.",
+    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajuaristi/",
+    "github": "https://github.com/juaristi22",
+    "headshot": "maria-juaristi.jpeg",
+    "title": "Data Scientist at PolicyEngine"
   }
 }

src/pages/BlogPage.jsx

@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ import posts from "./posts.json";
 const postsSorted = posts.sort((a, b) => (a.date < b.date ? 1 : -1));
 
 for (let post of postsSorted) {
-  post.slug = post.filename.substring(0, post.filename.indexOf("."));
+  if (post.filename) {
+    post.slug = post.filename.substring(0, post.filename.indexOf("."));
+  } else if (post.external_url) {
+    // For external URLs, generate a slug from the title
+    post.slug = post.title
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .replace(/\s+/g, "-")
+      .replace(/[^a-z0-9-]/g, "");
+  }
 }
 
 const tags = postsSorted.map((post) => post.tags);

src/pages/home/HomeBlogPreview.jsx

@@ -2,11 +2,25 @@
   {
     "title": "Enhanced CPS full launch: Comprehensive microdata for policy analysis",
     "description": "The Enhanced Current Population Survey now includes tip, overtime, and auto loan interest imputations, plus upcoming state and congressional district calibration.",
-    "date": "2025-08-08",
+    "date": "2025-08-11",
     "tags": ["us", "data", "featured"],
     "filename": "enhanced-cps-launch.md",
     "image": "enhanced-cps-launch.png",
-    "authors": ["max-ghenis", "nikhil-woodruff"]
+    "authors": ["max-ghenis", "nikhil-woodruff", "ben-ogorek", "maria-juaristi"]
+  },
+    {
+    "title": "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, household by household",
+    "description": "Our latest interactive shows how the reconciliation bill affects each of 20,000 representative households across income levels, states, and provisions.",
+    "date": "2025-08-11",
+    "tags": ["us", "policy", "featured", "reconciliation", "interactives"],
+    "external_url": "/us/obbba-household-by-household",
+    "image": "obbba-household-by-household.png",
+    "authors": [
+      "max-ghenis",
+      "pavel-makarchuk",
+      "ben-ogorek",
+      "nikhil-woodruff"
+    ]
   },
   {
     "title": "Analysis of individual income tax provisions in the final reconciliation bill",