In her new film ‘Coded Bias,’ filmmaker Shalini Kantayya explores how algorithms deployed in our most essential institutions are rife with human biases.
Civil Rights in America
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Top Postal Service Official Details Mnuchin Extortion Effort
The former Board of Governors vice chair speaks out for the first time about the Treasury secretary’s direct effort to force postal policy changes.
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Biden’s Immigration Agenda Must Not Just Repudiate Trump’s, Progressives Say
It must go well beyond Obama’s to meet the challenges of today.
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‘You Are Not an American’
Women and people of color running for office have heard it before.
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Securing the Right to Vote Cannot Be Achieved Individually
Democratic officials highlight individual responsibility to vote, when they should be demanding government action.
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Charting the Legacy of John Lewis
The Atlantic’s Adam Harris ponders the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, the Big Six civil rights leaders, and forging ahead with a new civil rights movement.
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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the ’60s
Harold Meyerson (a child of both L.A. and the ’60s) and Melina Abdullah (co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles) in conversation with Jon Wiener and Mike Davis on the 55th anniversary of the Watts uprising
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Voter Registration Has Taken a Big Corona Hit
Even without the curse of voter suppression, the usual strategies for in-person registration are faltering. Can progressive groups regroup?
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Pandemic-Stricken Cities at Risk for Census Undercount
The Trump administration’s latest attempt to compromise the integrity of the census means communities must work harder to get people counted.
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The Low-Wage Mothers of Color Who Want to Become Suburban Moms
Trump favors the exclusionary zoning that keeps America segregated and economically ossified. Biden opposes it.
