- October 14, 2016Data 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.
- October 11, 2016For 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.
- October 6, 2016Before 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.”
- October 3, 2016New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.
- September 29, 2016It doesn't just document the story of a people; it allows it to continue.
- September 29, 2016Prisoners can be forced to work without pay — the Constitution says so.
- September 28, 2016It'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.
- September 28, 2016Getting money out of politics gets bipartisan support, so why not go for a mandate?
- September 28, 2016Since 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.
- September 26, 2016Rikers Island symbolizes the need for criminal justice reform and fails to reflect the ideals of one of our most progressive cities.