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The Legal issue
The Challenges of Communicating Behind Bars
Wednesday September 30, 2020 / By Karen Bannan
From Featured , The Legal issue
While listening to recordings of a Somerset County inmate’s calls, a prosecutor with Maine’s Office of the Attorney General recognized the voice of a defense... Read More
5 Common Sense Facial Recognition Policies
Wednesday September 30, 2020 / By Karen Bannan
From Featured , The Legal issue
The 2015 death of Baltimore’s Freddie Gray Jr. in police custody led to ten days of public outcry. The aftermath of the protests further damaged the public’s... Read More
The Justice System as a Digital Platform
Wednesday September 30, 2020 / By Jason Tashea
From Featured , The Legal issue
The COVID era has brought physical shutdowns to American courts and an unprecedented backlog of cases. In Connecticut, pending civil and criminal cases... Read More
“Housing is a Human Right”
Saturday September 26, 2020 / By Karen Bannan
From Featured , The Legal issue
We are only six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and something that for months experts have predicted would happen is actually happening: between 30 and 40 million... Read More
From Past Issues
Taking a Lesson from the Tech Industry: Develop and Retain Strong Teachers with Microcredentialing
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
What does becoming a skilled coder and becoming a skilled teacher have in common? The need for quality tools for professional development and demonstration... Read More
Predicting Technology Futures by Examining Our Past
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
By Hannah Rosenfeld As a former technologist, I had long believed that it was impossible to really foresee how a new technology development might impact... Read More
Harvard Gets a PIT Lab
Wednesday August 26, 2020 / By user
From The Education issue
The idea and practice of public interest technology (PIT) isn’t exactly mainstream. There are many people making inroads, though. New America’s Public... Read More
“People are looking at the same data but coming to different conclusions”: How Universities are Planning for September
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Karen J. Bannan
From The New Normal
I started reporting this story a month before it was due. My email to every university media relations department was the same: I am writing a story about... Read More
The Wheels of Justice Supercharged — and on Zoom
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Karen J. Bannan
From The New Normal
A Q&A with Chief Justice of Michigan Bridget M. McCormack, who was at the forefront of the state of Michigan’s move to online hearings since proceedings... Read More
Tech Volunteering: How Things Get Done During a Pandemic
Thursday July 30, 2020 / By Melanie Mazanec and Emily Wright-Moore
From The New Normal
When the COVID-19 health pandemic first began to spiral out of control, organizations that provide crucial social services such as food stamps and unemployment... Read More