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    When Algorithms Work Against Us
    October 14, 2016
    | John Light
    Data scientist and blogger Cathy O'Neil discusses her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, examining the way algorithms and data science are making our society less fair and more unequal.
  • Justice
    Experience RIKERS, Face to Face
    October 11, 2016
    | Bill Moyers
    For the first time in an extended documentary former detainees at Rikers Island talk directly into camera about their experience in New York City’s largest and most notorious jail. RIKERS premieres on Nov. 15 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN.
  • Justice
    A Horrible Idea: Trump’s Push for Stop-and-Frisk Nationwide
    October 6, 2016
    | Karin Kamp
    Before stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York City, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad spoke out about a program he called an “enduring form of surveillance and racial control.”
  • Civil Liberties
    Wisconsin Is Not Providing the Photo IDs It Requires to Vote
    October 3, 2016
    | Ari Berman
    New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.
  • Arts & Culture
    The African-American History Museum Is About More Than the Past
    September 29, 2016
    | Leah Wright Rigueur
    It doesn't just document the story of a people; it allows it to continue.
  • Justice
    A Primer on the Nationwide Prisoners’ Strike
    September 29, 2016
    | Beth Schwartzapfel
    Prisoners can be forced to work without pay — the Constitution says so.
  • Arts & Culture
    Joy and Pain in Black America
    September 28, 2016
    | Larry Irving
    It's a dichotomy that was well understood by a late Texas congressman who helped light the spark for the newest museum on the National Mall.
  • Money & Politics
    The Presidential Debate Missed the Biggest Issue
    September 28, 2016
    | Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen
    Getting money out of politics gets bipartisan support, so why not go for a mandate?
  • Justice
    Should Prison Really Be the American Way?
    September 28, 2016
    | Rebecca Gordon
    Since the founding of the United States, government at every level has tended to make unpopular behavior illegal — and that hasn't always made it stop.
  • Justice
    Hundreds Demand Closure of Notorious New York City Prison
    September 26, 2016
    | John Light
    Rikers Island symbolizes the need for criminal justice reform and fails to reflect the ideals of one of our most progressive cities.


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