My work explores the intersection of basic needs, technology, governance by rethinking systems and institutions to be innovative and re-designed for citizens.
The outsized focus and pressure we continue to place on what should be a straightforward, apolitical process (the nomination and confirmation of a replacement Justice) are threatening both the integrity of our Constitution and to distract from the most critical issue regular Americans can actually influence between now and November 4th: voting.
Read MoreThis is an excerpt from an up and coming article examining the use of data, and Bayesian reasoning in the tech anti-trust hearings.
Read MoreOne hundred years since universal suffrage and we know the social, economic, and moral incentives for companies and governments to promote diverse voices. Still, when examining the data, the lack of intersectional voices is clear, even in relatively new sectors, like technology, which has the power to shape ongoing narratives of justice and equality in our society.
Read MoreThe United States Constitution protects true media and lying media (almost) equally. Calls from some Congresspeople to eliminate lies from social media platforms or other parts of the internet largely violate those safeguards. But in a world where a common refrain is, “How do I know what is true?”, consumers deserve additional clarification and transparency about the news stories they read. Here is a technological solution that upholds the constitution and builds greater transparency for consumers
Read MoreThe pandemic has necessitated that many of us make an impossible trade-off between our health and other basic needs. America is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Continued gains in technology and automation only increase that prosperity. Assuming we as a nation agree that we value both the robustness of our economy and meeting the basic needs of citizens to enable the pursuit of liberty and happiness, we need to prioritize automation as a tool for safety and productivity while concurrently fairly distributing wealth to meet everyone's basic needs. If we do, the choice between health and productivity becomes false.
Read MoreThis guide provides an additional list (though not exhaustive) of questions that scholars and citizens can use to evaluate pictorial media for racism. If there is one thing we can all learn from the contemporary anti-racism movement, it is that most of us need to update many, if not all, of our previous assumptions about how racism manifests in daily lives. The in-between-the-lines communication is that platitudes or verbal commitments are not enough to truly make the change to a post-racist society.
Read MoreAll western liberal democracies, the United States included, base their founding principles on equal rights under the law. It is a set of principles that has led to a pervasive belief in the region's exceptionalism. If we remove the distorting lens of exceptionalism and peer at reality, it is easy to trace the long history, which marginalizes people of color across western liberal democracies. Just as these nations have categorically condemned discrimination on ethnic grounds all over the world, it is time to turn our attention inward to overcome the complicit racism permeating the systems and institutions, which are the foundation for their global policymaking.
Read MoreGovernments are itching to reopen the deteriorating economy due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As unemployment applications reach 30 million this week, the question not being asked is whether there will be an economy to return to. For 30 million Americans, the answer is no. Before reopening the economy, Federal and State Governments need to create a New Deal-style jobs program focused on leveraging the citizens and the private sector for the public good.
Read MoreThe Democrats are right to demand stronger worker protections, but that shouldn't stop the Senate from passing the stimulus package.
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