Highly publicized incidents of violence by police against African Americans are often linked to issues of racial profiling and police brutality. While preconceived biases may have played a role in many of these cases, such as the killings of Eric Garner and Philando Castile, each instance of officer-involved violence against a black citizen does not … Read more
During the first weekend of February, over 70 college students from all over the United States descended upon Harvard’s Institute of Politics. They were there to attend the IOP’s 2017 National Conference for Political and Civic Engagement. The goal? “Reconnecting America,” according to the National Campaign’s website. In order to fulfill this mission, these undergraduates—hailing … Read more
Disclosure: The author is a member of the Harvard Open Data Project. The group pushes for open data policies at Harvard and conducts projects with public datasets. Stores of data are growing so quickly that we now create as much data in two days as the entirety of mankind did up until 2013. Now that we … Read more