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All of the ways we remember are data.

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All of the ways we remember: How data scientists hold memory with and for survivors

Structural Zero Issue 07 I. Earlier this year, I attended a convening of organizers working on police demilitarization, organized by the American...

Too often, police officers who violate ethics codes switch jurisdictions before facing justice. Today marks one year since the launch of the National Police Index, a tool to shed light on "wandering police officers."

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How a Data Tool Tracks Police Misconduct and Wandering Officers

The Yale Law Journal defines “wandering officers” as law-enforcement officers who are fired by one department, sometimes for serious misconduct...

What is the principal-agent problem? It's when a project owner's wishes don't align with the goals of the person acting on their behalf. Learn how this applies to tyrannical dictatorships in our newsletter:

Dictatorships create a lot of data

Wouldn’t a dictator who is committing human rights violations go to great lengths to hide their actions? It turns out they don’t.