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MediumD&S advisor Anil Dash examines how to change the tech industry for good. Some of the most novel critiques about technology and Silicon Valley are coming from women and underrepresented minorities, but their work is seldo... Read on MediumOctober 2016 -
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QuartzD&S artist-in-residence Ingrid Burrington details the infrastructure of the internet and who owns the physical pieces of this infrastructure. The miles of fiber-optic cable that connect the country to the world are mostly ... Read on QuartzOctober 2016 -
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MediumD&S affiliate Anthony Townsend gives a history of city charters. It’s pretty clear that Smart Cities 1.0 was always going to take cities in a bad direction — and its why I wrote my book. Cities have clearly responded, and ... Read on MediumOctober 2016 -
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MediumD&S advisor Anil Dash discusses how to make change with tech. On Monday, I’ll be leading a conversation at the White House’s South by South Lawn festival. We’ll be talking with three people who are both extraordinary and... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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The Engine RoomD&S fellow Zara Rahman explores the need for access to information and open data, i.e. the right to know. Given these growing threats, combined with our increased knowledge of government secrecy and surveillance, and new p... Read on The Engine RoomSeptember 2016 -
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MediumD&S affiliate Anthony Townsend writes about city charter reform. The civic tech gang for some reason — probably because it is their target and they are nibbling off what they think they can actually achieve in the short ru... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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MediumIn this blogpost, Jade E. Davis argues against the myth of bootstrapping in education equality. "Those who are imagined as less American might see a single generational gain with successive generations seeing some benefit. But... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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MediumD&S founder danah boyd critiques traditional media's response to the September 17th bombings in NYC. Traditional news media has a lot of say in what it publishes. This is one of the major things that distinguishes it from ... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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MediumIn this blogpost, Audrey Watters challenges accountability processes in the current public school system. "So when we think about “what counts” and who’s held to account under public education’s accountability regime, it’s sti... Read on MediumSeptember 2016 -
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AnilDash.comAnil Dash analyzes how 'teaching kids to code' does not address the wider inequities that prevent diversity in tech. Many tech companies are still terrible at inclusion in their hiring, a weakness which is even more unacceptab... Read on AnilDash.comSeptember 2016