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a collection of articles looking at the problem of Biased Algorithms - and the importance of good data sets in AI
Brazil - Education Issues
A collection of articles and videos about Brazil with a focus on Culture, Race, and Inequality Issues
Brazil - Inequality, Poverty, Hunger Issues
Brazil - Property Rights, Inequality, Land Rights, Agriculture and Development issues
Articles and videos looking at a History of Women in tech, Girls who Code, Female Engineers
CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality
Articles and videos looking at “what’s wrong” with the culture of Silicon Valley and the technology industry
a collection of articles and videos taking a look at the Gig-Economy
a collection of articles about 'Effective Altruism' - and Charity, Philanthropy
Rising Healthcare Costs in the USA
Defining the problem, and looking at possible solutions to the high price of university education
A look at healthcare costs in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system
A collection of articles looking at Community College and Trade Schools vs. High cost of Higher Education
A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus
Public land-grant universities in the USA
a collection of articles, videos and more... looking at issues related to sexism, racism, ageism, and other -"isms" in the workplace
UBI universal basic income ideas and proposals
a collection of articles about Taxes, Policy, K-12 Education in the USA and Inequality
a collection of articles looking at Inequality in K-12 Education and the “Achievement Gap”
a collection about the lottery

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Article

Writers on strike beware: Hollywood has changed for ever

Blame Netflix if you like, but it is well placed to survive the work stoppage | Business (2023)


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Book Review: ‘The Exceptions,’ - sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T., by Nancy Zernike - The New York Times

Kate Zernike’s “The Exceptions” tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought back. (2023)


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Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


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Bellarmine receives $1M grant to recruit diverse students to STEM fields

Bellarmine University is creating a scholarship program to recruit low-income, high-achieving students into the STEM disciplines of computer engine... (2020)


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Coding with Wonder Woman: Microsoft project to educate the next generation of programmers

In partnership with NASA, Smithsonian Learning Labs, and others, the lessons use space exploration, museums, and popular movies to teach the princi... (2020)


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Chicago Finds a Way to Improve Public Housing: Libraries - The New York Times

Other cities have combined books and subsidized housing, but the outgoing mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has embraced the concept with three striking new pro... (2019)


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Why legacy places should be abolished - Exorbitant privilege - The Economist

“I AM SIMPLY thrilled about all the folks you were able to admit,” David Ellwood, the then dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government,... (2019)


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Opinion | Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job - The New York Times

The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation. (2019)


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Opinion | Bribes to Get Into Yale and Stanford? What Else Is New? - The New York Times

A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field. (2019)


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What Amazon’s HQ2 Pullout Means for Housing in Queens - CityLab

The arrival of the tech company’s new headquarters was set to shake up the borough’s real estate market, driving up rents and spurring displacement... (2019)


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Electricity does not change poor lives as much as was thought - The Economist

More light, less clarity THOUGH SHE lives in one of the world’s poorest countries, Drocella Yandereye is a picture of upward mobility. Her small... (2019)


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America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste - Bloomberg Opinion

Failing to identify and help poor and minority students isn’t just unfair. It also hurts growth. (2019)


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Opinion | Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe - The New York Times

On Socialism - In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again. (2019)


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The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite - The New York Times

In public, executives wring their hands over automation’s negative consequences for workers. In private, they talk about how they are racing to aut... (2019)


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A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The years from the end of World War II into the 1970s were ones of substantial economic growth and broadly shared prosperity. Beginning in the 1970... (2011)


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Why one of America’s richest states is also its poorest - Poverty in California -- The Economist

THE LOS ANGELES regional food bank distributes 300,000 meals a month, but that, says its director, Michael Flood, is only a fraction of what the hu... (2018)



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There's New Research Behind the Contention that Airbnb Raises Rents || CityLab

A preliminary analysis of 100 U.S. metro areas suggests Airbnb bears at least some responsibility for soaring housing costs. (2018)


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Asian-Americans Face Multiple Fronts in Battle Over Affirmative Action - The New York Times

Asian-Americans have been among the most vocal opponents of affirmative action. But national surveys show that most favor it. (2018)


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The Rest of the Ivy League Comes to Harvard’s Aid in Admissions Challenge - The New York Times

A joint brief by the seven other Ivies and nine private universities said that a ruling against Harvard’s admissions process would reverberate acro... (2018)


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‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions Secrets - The New York Times

The suit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-Americans, has shed light on little-known aspects of Harvard’s selection pro... (2018)


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How Many Years of Income Does a Home in Your City Cost? - CityLab

The rule of thumb is that the cost of your house should equal roughly 2.6 years of income. But in some U.S. cities, home prices are almost 10 times... (2018)


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Free Cash to Fight Income Inequality? California City Is First in U.S. to Try - The New York Times

Long plagued by poverty and desperation, Stockton, Calif., is testing universal basic income as a means of improving the lives of its people. (2018)


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Mapping the Rise of Renting and the 'Great Housing Reset' - CityLab

The rise of renting in the U.S. isn’t just about high housing prices, or preferences for city living, but about the flexibility to compete in today... (2018)


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Contrary to reports, the Basic Income Experiment in Finland will continue until the end of 2018

There have been incorrect reports in the media about the Finnish experimental study on a Universal Basic Income. The experiment will run until the ... (2018)


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The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem - Opinion | The New York Times

Allies on Election Day, the two wings of the Democratic Party are growing further estranged in other aspects of their lives... (2018)


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Barclays Investment Bank Pays Females Half That of Males - Bloomberg

Barclays Plc pays female employees at its investment bank division just under half as much as male colleagues on average, highlighting the gender i... (2018)


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Inside Ontario’s Big, Bold Basic Income Experiment | Fast Company

Alana Baltzer bought her first new winter coat recently. She’s eating vegetables and fruit now instead of junk food. And, because she’s not worryin... (2018)


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Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

The Economist, 2017: "A weaker dollar and an energy boom are pushing up pay... "In 2015 median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 5... (2018)


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GrubHub Drivers Ruled Contractors in Gig-Economy Milestone - Bloomberg

In a significant court decision on the status of so-called gig-economy workers, a federal judge ruled drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent cont... (2018)


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The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


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Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)


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Making It | What It Costs To Live In San Francisco

VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)


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The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


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Bill Gates on Factfulness

Bill Gates recently read Hans Rosling's new book "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think." I... (2018)


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Story of Access (race training at Starbucks) - by Stanley Nelson

This short film by Stanley Nelson explores the impact of bias within public accommodations as well as the possibilities for a better future. (2018)


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Inside Rio’s favelas, the city's neglected neighborhoods - Vox

The Rio you won’t see at the Olympics Watch part 1, "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see" (2018)


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"Brotopia" author on Silicon Valley sexism

Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)


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The Next 3 Billion in Financial Services | a16z

a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)


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KQED Learn | Discussions: The Gene : An Intimate History and Eugenics

How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)


Podcast

274- The Age of the Algorithm - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i... (2022)


Podcast

Access & Opportunity Podcast || Carla Harris and Freada Kapor Klein

Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)


Book

The Equality Machine

At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can ha... (2023)


Website

The 1619 Project Curriculum

The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)


Website

Elpha: where women in tech talk candidly online

Elpha is where women in tech talk candidly online. We're a private community where members come for personal and professional development, to start... (2020)


Website

All Raise - Dedicated to diversity in funders & founders

We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)


Note

Poverty, and the cost of college

The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)


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2 Podcasts
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27 Chunks
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