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X Suppressing ‘Freedom of Reach’

January 31, 2025 3:30 amJanuary 31, 2025 3:31 am

Three years ago, a revolution swept through Big Tech demanding an end to censorship and a commitment to freedom of speech in the name of the ability to exchange information and ideas online. Elon Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it...

Algorithms Cure Gerrymanders, But Politics Remains

October 20, 2022 7:14 amOctober 21, 2022 11:49 am

With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, across California politicians have had to scramble more than usual to compete in redrawn districts. The new district boundaries were the product of the “2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission,” which was...

Seeking to Change How Bail and Criminal Justice Works, Advocates Have Turned the System on its Head

May 28, 2020 2:20 amMay 27, 2020 7:06 pm

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results,” is a saying widely attributed to famed physicist, Albert Einstein. Sadly, we are seeing the manifestation of this concept in the misguided efforts...