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Compassion Through Computation: Fighting Algorithmic Bias | Joy Buolamwini

December 17, 2021

Computer vision and algorithms have increasing societal consequences. Joy Buolamwini, MIT Media Lab computer scientist and founder of Algorithmic Justice League, explores opportunities to combat computational bias.

December 15, 2020

Media Bits and Bytes - December 15, 2020

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Trustbusting Facebook, Newspaper dying of Covid-19, and more news and reports from media biz and culture

November 6, 2020

What Black History Should Already Have Taught Us About the Fragility of American Democracy

Jelani Cobb The New Yorker

The parameters of American democracy correlate neatly with the parameters of the nation’s racial hypocrisy.

October 25, 2019

Millions of Black People Affected by Racial Bias in Health-Care Algorithms

Heidi Ledford Nature

Study reveals rampant racism in decision-making software used by US hospitals — and highlights ways to correct it.

August 23, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | August 23, 2019

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Bias In Medicine | John Oliver

August 23, 2019

John Oliver discusses the roles that gender and racial bias can play in medical treatment.

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October 23, 2017

The Podcast Taking on Racism in the Food Industry

J. Gabriel Ware Yes! Magazine

In the biweekly podcast, The Racist Sandwich, chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed discuss racism, classism, and gender in the food industry and the experiences of people of color working within it.

February 25, 2015

Bias, Black Lives, and Academic Medicine

David A. Ansell, M.D., M.P.H., and Edwin K. McDonald, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine

What are the systemic biases within academic medical centers, and what do they have to do with black lives? Two observations about health care disparities may be relevant.

September 18, 2014

Tidbits - September 18, 2014

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