In her new film ‘Coded Bias,’ filmmaker Shalini Kantayya explores how algorithms deployed in our most essential institutions are rife with human biases.
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‘I Just Don’t Hear It’
How whiteness dilutes voices of color at public radio stations
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Democracy: A Transformative Agenda
A conversation with legal scholar and policy expert Ganesh Sitaraman
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The Afflictions of the Comfortable
How high-profile writers drop their masks in the pandemic
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When Henry Wallace Warned of ‘American Fascism’
The progressive vice president to FDR is the subject of a new book by Nation correspondent John Nichols.
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Monopolies Are Why Salt and Water in a Bag Became a Scarce Item
An excerpt from a new book on life in the age of corporate power
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The Most Subversive Show on Television
‘Corporate’ co-creators Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman have built a recognizable world based on the vice grip that corporate America holds over the country.
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Can We Create All the Money We Need?
Stephanie Kelton attempts to educate the public on a novel economic theory.
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‘Impunity Is the Story of Our Times’
An interview with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer
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A Leader Without Leading
Nancy Pelosi is an expert at obtaining power. But what does she want to use it for?
