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diff --git a/congress-age/README.md b/congress-age/README.md
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+# Congress Age
+
+This folder contains the data behind the story [Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/)
+
 `congress-terms.csv` has an entry for every member of congress who served at any point during a particular congress between January 1947 and Februrary 2014.
 
 House membership data is from the [@unitedstates project](http://theunitedstates.io/), with Congress meeting numbers added using code from [GovTrack](https://www.govtrack.us/developers/api):

diff --git a/congress-generic-ballot/README.md b/congress-generic-ballot/README.md
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 # Congress Generic Ballot Polls
 
-This contains the raw data behind "[Are Democrats Winning The Race For Congress?](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/)"
+This readme contains links to the data behind [Are Democrats Winning The Race For Congress?](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/). For the latest version of this updating data set, visit the links at the top of this README.
diff --git a/congress-resignations/README.md b/congress-resignations/README.md
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 # Congressional Resignations
 
-Data behind the story [We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-people-are-resigning-from-congress-than-at-any-time-in-recent-history/).
+This folder contains data behind the story [We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-people-are-resigning-from-congress-than-at-any-time-in-recent-history/).
 
 `congressional_resignations.csv` contains information about the 615 members of Congress who resigned or were removed from office from March 4, 1901 (the first day of the 57th Congress) through January 15, 2018, including the resigning member’s party and district, the date they resigned, the reason for their resignation and the source of the information about their resignation.
 

diff --git a/cousin-marriage/README.md b/cousin-marriage/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### Cousin Marriage Data
+# Cousin Marriage
 
-The raw data behind the story [Dear Mona: How Many Americans Are Married To Their Cousins?]
+This folder contains data behind the story [Dear Mona: How Many Americans Are Married To Their Cousins?](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-many-americans-are-married-to-their-cousins/).
 
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diff --git a/daily-show-guests/README.md b/daily-show-guests/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-### Daily Show Guests
+# Daily Show Guests
 
-The raw data behind the story [Every Guest Jon Stewart Ever Had On ‘The Daily Show’](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/every-guest-jon-stewart-ever-had-on-the-daily-show/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Every Guest Jon Stewart Ever Had On ‘The Daily Show’](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/every-guest-jon-stewart-ever-had-on-the-daily-show/).
 
 Header | Definition
 ---|---------
 `YEAR` | The year the episode aired
 `GoogleKnowlege_Occupation` | Their occupation or office, according to Google's Knowledge Graph or, if they're not in there, how Stewart introduced them on the program.
 `Show` | Air date of episode. Not unique, as some shows had more than one guest
 `Group` | A larger group designation for the occupation. For instance, us senators, us presidents, and former presidents are all under "politicians"
-`Raw_Guest_List` | The person or list of people who appeared on the show, according to Wikipedia. The GoogleKnowlege_Occupation only refers to one of them in a given row. 
+`Raw_Guest_List` | The person or list of people who appeared on the show, according to Wikipedia. The GoogleKnowlege_Occupation only refers to one of them in a given row.
 
 Source: Google Knowlege Graph, The Daily Show clip library, Wikipedia.
diff --git a/democratic-bench/README.md b/democratic-bench/README.md
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-### Democratic bench
+# Democratic bench
+
+This folder contains data behind the story [Some Democrats Who Could Step Up If Hillary Isn’t Ready For Hillary](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/some-democrats-who-could-step-up-if-hillary-isnt-ready-for-hillary/).
 
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diff --git a/drug-use-by-age/README.md b/drug-use-by-age/README.md
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-### Drug Use By Age
+# Drug Use By Age
 
-This directory contains the data behind the story [How Baby Boomers Get High](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-baby-boomers-get-high/). It covers 13 drugs across 17 age groups.
+This directory contains data behind the story [How Baby Boomers Get High](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-baby-boomers-get-high/). It covers 13 drugs across 17 age groups.
 
-Source: [National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive](http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/SAMHDA/index.html). 
+Source: [National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive](http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/SAMHDA/index.html).
 
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diff --git a/early-senate-polls/README.md b/early-senate-polls/README.md
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+# Early Senate Polls
+
+This folder contains data behind the story [Early Senate Polls Have Plenty to Tell Us About November](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/early-senate-polls-have-plenty-to-tell-us-about-november/).
diff --git a/elo-blatter/README.md b/elo-blatter/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### FIFA teams under Blatter
+# FIFA teams under Blatter
 
-The raw data behind the story [Blatter’s Reign At FIFA Hasn’t Helped Soccer’s Poor](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/blatters-reign-at-fifa-hasnt-helped-soccers-poor/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Blatter’s Reign At FIFA Hasn’t Helped Soccer’s Poor](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/blatters-reign-at-fifa-hasnt-helped-soccers-poor/).
 
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diff --git a/endorsements-june-30/README.md b/endorsements-june-30/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-### Endorsements through June 30
+# Endorsements through June 30
 
-The raw data behind the story [Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pols-and-polls-say-the-same-thing-jeb-bush-is-a-weak-front-runner/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/pols-and-polls-say-the-same-thing-jeb-bush-is-a-weak-front-runner/).
 
-This data includes something we call "endorsement points," an attempt to quantify the importance of endorsements by weighting each one according to the position held by the endorser: 10 points for each governor, 5 points for each senator and 1 point for each representative
+This data includes something we call "endorsement points," an attempt to quantify the importance of endorsements by weighting each one according to the position held by the endorser: 10 points for each governor, 5 points for each senator and 1 point for each representative.
 
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diff --git a/fandango/README.md b/fandango/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+# Fandango
+
 This directory contains the data behind the story [Be Suspicious Of Online Movie Ratings, Especially Fandango’s](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fandango-movies-ratings/).
 
 `fandango_score_comparison.csv` contains every film that has a Rotten Tomatoes rating, a RT User rating, a Metacritic score, a Metacritic User score, and IMDb score, and at least 30 fan reviews on Fandango. The data from Fandango was pulled on Aug. 24, 2015.
 
 Column | Definition
 --- | -----------
 FILM | The film in question
-RottenTomatoes | The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score  for the film 
-RottenTomatoes_User | The Rotten Tomatoes user score for the film 
+RottenTomatoes | The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score  for the film
+RottenTomatoes_User | The Rotten Tomatoes user score for the film
 Metacritic | The Metacritic critic score for the film
 Metacritic_User | The Metacritic user score for the film
 IMDB | The IMDb user score for the film
 Fandango_Stars | The number of stars the film had on its Fandango movie page
-Fandango_Ratingvalue | The Fandango ratingValue for the film, as pulled from the HTML of each page. This is the actual average score the movie obtained. 
+Fandango_Ratingvalue | The Fandango ratingValue for the film, as pulled from the HTML of each page. This is the actual average score the movie obtained.
 RT_norm | The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score  for the film , normalized to a 0 to 5 point system
 RT_user_norm | The Rotten Tomatoes user score for the film , normalized to a 0 to 5 point system
 Metacritic_norm | The Metacritic critic score for the film, normalized to a 0 to 5 point system
@@ -34,5 +36,5 @@ Column | Definiton
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 FILM | The movie
 STARS | Number of stars presented on Fandango.com
-RATING |  The Fandango ratingValue for the film, as pulled from the HTML of each page. This is the actual average score the movie obtained. 
-VOTES | number of people who had reviewed the film at the time we pulled it. 
+RATING |  The Fandango ratingValue for the film, as pulled from the HTML of each page. This is the actual average score the movie obtained.
+VOTES | number of people who had reviewed the film at the time we pulled it.
diff --git a/fifa/README.md b/fifa/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### FIFA
+# FIFA
 
 This directory contains the data behind the story [How To Break FIFA](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-break-fifa/).
 

diff --git a/flying-etiquette-survey/README.md b/flying-etiquette-survey/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-### Flying Etiquette Survey
+# Flying Etiquette Survey
 
-Results of a SurveyMonkey survey commissioned by FiveThirtyEight for the story [41 Percent of Fliers Say It’s Rude To Recline Your Airplane Seat](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/airplane-etiquette-recline-seat)
+This folder contains data behind the story [41 Percent of Fliers Say It’s Rude To Recline Your Airplane Seat](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/airplane-etiquette-recline-seat).
+
+`flying-etiquette.csv` contains the results of a SurveyMonkey survey commissioned by FiveThirtyEight for the story.
diff --git a/food-world-cup/README.md b/food-world-cup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Food World Cup
+
+This folder contains data behind the stories:
+* [The FiveThirtyEight International Food Association’s 2014 World Cup](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-fivethirtyeight-international-food-associations-2014-world-cup/)
+* [What is Americans’ Favorite Global Cuisine?](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-is-americans-favorite-global-cuisine/)
+
+Anwser key for the responses to the "Please rate how much you like the traditional cuisine of X:" questions.
+
+Value | Description
+------|--------------
+5 | I love this country's traditional cuisine. I think it's one of the best in the world.
+4 | I like this country's traditional cuisine. I think it's considerably above average.
+3 | I'm OK with this county's traditional cuisine. I think it's about average.
+2 | I dislike this country's traditional cuisine. I think it's considerably below average.
+1 | I hate this country's traditional cuisine. I think it's one of the worst in the world.
+N/A | I'm unfamiliar with this country's traditional cuisine.
diff --git a/food-world-cup/readme.txt b/food-world-cup/readme.txt
diff --git a/forecast-methodology/README.md b/forecast-methodology/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### Historical FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecasts
+# Historical FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecasts
 
-The data behind the story [How The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast Model Works](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-fivethirtyeight-senate-forecast-model-works/)
+This folder contains the data behind the story [How The FiveThirtyEight Senate Forecast Model Works](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-the-fivethirtyeight-senate-forecast-model-works/).
 
 Header | Definition
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diff --git a/goose/README.md b/goose/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### Goose
+# Goose
 
-The raw data behind the stories:
+The data behind the stories:
 * [The Save Ruined Relief Pitching. The Goose Egg Can Fix It](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goose-egg-new-save-stat-relief-pitchers/)
 * [Kenley Jansen Is The Model Of A Modern Reliever](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/kenley-jansen-is-the-model-of-a-modern-reliever/)
 

diff --git a/hate-crimes/README.md b/hate-crimes/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### Hate-crimes data
+# Hate Crimes
 
-The raw data behind the story [Higher Rates Of Hate Crimes Are Tied To Income Inequality](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/higher-rates-of-hate-crimes-are-tied-to-income-inequality/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Higher Rates Of Hate Crimes Are Tied To Income Inequality](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/higher-rates-of-hate-crimes-are-tied-to-income-inequality/).
 
 Header | Definition
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diff --git a/hip-hop-candidate-lyrics/README.md b/hip-hop-candidate-lyrics/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-### Every mention of the 2016 primary candidates in hip-hop songs
+# Hip Hop Candidate Lyrics
 
-The raw data behind the story [ Hip-Hop Is Turning On Donald Trump](http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/clinton-trump-hip-hop-lyrics/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [ Hip-Hop Is Turning On Donald Trump](http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/clinton-trump-hip-hop-lyrics/).
+
+`genius_hip_hop_lyrics.csv` contains every mention of the 2016 primary candidates in hip-hop songs.
 
 Header | Definition
 ---|---------
 `candidate` | Candidate referenced
 `song` | Song name
 `artist` | Artist name
 `sentiment` | Positive, negative or neutral
-`theme` | Theme of lyric 
+`theme` | Theme of lyric
 `album_release_date` | Date of album release
 `line` | Lyrics
 `url` | Genius link
 
-
 Source: [Genius](http://genius.com/)
diff --git a/historical-ncaa-forecasts/README.md b/historical-ncaa-forecasts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# NCAA Bracket
+
+This folder contains data behind the story [The NCAA Bracket: Checking Our Work](https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-ncaa-bracket-checking-our-work).
diff --git a/inconvenient-sequel/README.md b/inconvenient-sequel/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # An Inconvenient Sequel
 
-Raw data behind the story [Al Gore’s New Movie Exposes The Big Flaw In Online Movie Ratings](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/al-gores-new-movie-exposes-the-big-flaw-in-online-movie-ratings/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Al Gore’s New Movie Exposes The Big Flaw In Online Movie Ratings](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/al-gores-new-movie-exposes-the-big-flaw-in-online-movie-ratings/).
 
-Data contains [IMDb ratings](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6322922/ratings) for the film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" collected daily from July 17 to August 29, 2017.
+`ratings.csv` contains [IMDb ratings](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6322922/ratings) for the film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" collected daily from July 17 to August 29, 2017.
diff --git a/infrastructure-jobs/README.md b/infrastructure-jobs/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Infrastructure Jobs
+
+This folder contains data behind the story [Using Infrastructure Jobs as a Measuring Stick For State-Level Spending](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/using-infrastructure-jobs-as-a-measuring-stick-for-state-level-spending/).
diff --git a/librarians/README.md b/librarians/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Librarians
 
-The data behind the story [Where Are America’s Librarians?](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-are-americas-librarians/)
+This folder contains data behind the story [Where Are America’s Librarians?](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-are-americas-librarians/).
diff --git a/love-actually/readme.md b/love-actually/readme.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-### Love Actually
+# Love Actually
 
-This directory contains the data behind the story: [The Definitive Analysis Of ‘Love Actually,’ The Greatest Christmas Movie Of Our Time](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-definitive-analysis-of-love-actually-the-greatest-christmas-movie-of-our-time/)
+This directory contains the data behind the story [The Definitive Analysis Of ‘Love Actually,’ The Greatest Christmas Movie Of Our Time](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-definitive-analysis-of-love-actually-the-greatest-christmas-movie-of-our-time/).
 
-There are two data files:
 
- * `love_actually_appearances.csv` - A table of the central actors in "Love Actually" and which scenes they appear in
- * `love_actually_adjacencies.csv` - The adjacency matrix of which actors appear in the same scene together 
+`love_actually_appearances.csv` contains a table of the central actors in "Love Actually" and which scenes they appear in.
+
+`love_actually_adjacencies.csv` contains the adjacency matrix of which actors appear in the same scene together.
 
 You'll notice there are a lot of “Love Actually” actors who we didn’t track in the data. That’s because they rarely cross storylines. When they do, it’s in the company of the actor who we *did* include, the linchpin of that storyline.
diff --git a/mad-men/README.md b/mad-men/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### Mad Men
+# Mad Men
 
 This directory contains the data behind the story [‘Mad Men’ Is Ending. What’s Next For The Cast?](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/mad-men-is-ending-whats-next-for-the-cast/).
 

diff --git a/male-flight-attendants/README.md b/male-flight-attendants/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-### Male flight attendants
+# Male Flight Attendants
 
-This repo contains the data from the article on the gender divide in various U.S. occupations
+This folder contains the data behind the story [Dear Mona, How Many Flight Attendants Are Men?](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/dear-mona-how-many-flight-attendants-are-men/).
 
-[Dear Mona, How Many Flight Attendants Are Men?](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/dear-mona-how-many-flight-attendants-are-men/)
-
-`male-flight-attendants.tsv`:
-
-The tab-separated text file contains the percentage of U.S. employees that are male in 320 different job categories.
+`male-flight-attendants.tsv` contains the percentage of U.S. employees that are male in 320 different job categories.
 
 Source: [IPUMS](https://usa.ipums.org/usa/), 2012
 
diff --git a/march-madness-predictions-2015/README.md b/march-madness-predictions-2015/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-March Madness Predictions 2015
-==============================
+# March Madness Predictions
 
-Data files for [FiveThirtyEight's 2015 March Madness Predictions](http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/), updated each time we calculate new odds.
+This folder contains data behind the [2015 March Madness Predictions](http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/).
+
+Data was updated each time we calculate new odds.
diff --git a/march-madness-predictions/README.md b/march-madness-predictions/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions/
+# March Madness Predictions
+
+This folder contains data behind the [2014 NCAA Tournament Predictions](http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions/).
diff --git a/marriage/README.md b/marriage/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-These files contain data used in <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/marriage-isnt-dead-yet/">FiveThirtyEight's story</a> on marriage trends.File names are self-explanatory. Source for all data is Decennial Census (years 1960 to 2000) and American Community Survey (years 2001-2012), via <a href="https://usa.ipums.org/usa/cite.shtml">IPUMS USA</a>.
+# Marriage
 
-Except in the divorce file, figures represent share of the relevant population that has never been married (MARST == 6 in the IPUMS data). Note that in the story, charts generally show the share that have <i>ever</i> been married, which is simply 1 - n. In the divorce file, figures are share of the relevant population that is <i>currently</i> divorced, conditional on having ever been married.
+This folder contains data behind the story [Marriage Isn’t Dead — Yet](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/marriage-isnt-dead-yet/).
+
+Source for all data is Decennial Census (years 1960 to 2000) and American Community Survey (years 2001-2012), via [IPUMS USA](https://usa.ipums.org/usa/cite.shtml).
+
+Except in the divorce file, figures represent share of the relevant population that has never been married (MARST == 6 in the IPUMS data). Note that in the story, charts generally show the share that have *ever* been married, which is simply 1 - n. In the divorce file, figures are share of the relevant population that is *currently* divorced, conditional on having ever been married.
 
 Variable names are as follows. Number in variable names are age ranges, so `all_2534` is the marriage rate for everyone ages 25 to 34.
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		# Early Senate Polls

		This folder contains data behind the story [Early Senate Polls Have Plenty to Tell Us About November](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/early-senate-polls-have-plenty-to-tell-us-about-november/).
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		# NCAA Bracket

		This folder contains data behind the story [The NCAA Bracket: Checking Our Work](https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-ncaa-bracket-checking-our-work).
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		# Infrastructure Jobs

		This folder contains data behind the story [Using Infrastructure Jobs as a Measuring Stick For State-Level Spending](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/using-infrastructure-jobs-as-a-measuring-stick-for-state-level-spending/).