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Big Data as a Threat to Democracy
Cathy O’Neil, former Wall Street "quant," data scientist, author of the blog mathbabe.org and the author of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Crown, 2016), says giving algorithms the responsibility fo
Harlem Heat Project: What the City Provides
The latest studies show that there are one hundred thousand seniors in New York City without air-conditioners," says WNYC's reporter Julia Longoria. She talks about the continued joint WNYC/I See Change/Adapt NY project of tracking the effects of one of
30 Issues | What's So Good – or Bad – About Common Core?
Diane Ravitch, historian, research professor of education at New York University and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (Basic Books, 2011), discusses whether or not the Comm
Takeaways From the Candidates' First Joint Appearance
Fred Kaplan, Slate's War Stories columnist and the author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Simon & Schuster, 2016), analyzes Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump’s stances on national security, military affairs and veterans’ issues
Obama's Conciliatory Legacy Tour Continues in Laos
Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, contributor to The Atlantic, and author of A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA (Simon & Schuster), discusses President
The Narratives of Betrayal That Shape Politics
Mark Lilla, professor of the humanities at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming, The Shipwrecked Mind: On Political Reaction (New York Review Books, 2016), helps us understand the enduring power of historical narratives of betrayal to shape
Long Island University's Labor Day Lockout
After a contract fight with the faculty union, Long Island University's administration told professors not to come to work this fall and replaced them with an entirely new staff. Scott Jaschik, editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed, and Melissa Antin
The Candidates Transition to the Oval Office
Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, talks about his work bringing awareness to the need for a pre-election start for presidential candidates to transition to the Oval Office. An early start to the process could help ensure that th
After Roger Ailes, Fox News Reaches Settlements
Gabriel Sherman, national affairs editor at New York Magazine and the author of The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News — and Divided a Country (Random House, 2014), talks about his latest reporting on the R
After Violence, Listeners Respond With Next Steps for J'Ouvert Festival
Two students were killed at this morning's J'Ouvert Festival, the pre-dawn street procession that is a prequel to the day's West Indian Parade. West Indian listeners call in to respond to the continuing violence at the festival. @BrianLehrer If gang vi