In collaboration with Spark Microgrants, former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and host Jonathan Arias discuss the current state of American democracy. Every four years when we elect a President, we evaluate the health of our democracy. But since 20

#3 - Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System with Vincent Southerland

May 18th, 2019 53m 26s

NYU Law's Vincent Southerland warns against the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system. In 2013, a Wisconsin Judge partly used the COMPAS system, a crime prediction algorithm, to sentence Eric Loomis to six years in prison. Algorith

#2 - Bottom-up Democracy with Sasha Fisher of Spark Microgrants

May 18th, 2019 48m 44s

Sasher Fisher and her organization Spark Microgrants help communities across Africa build communities from a grass-roots level. Moving away from the common, but ineffective, prescriptive model of community development, Spark implements the com

Does Policing need to change? with Professors Ann Cammett and Alex Vitale

May 18th, 2019 48m 15s

Law professor Ann Cammett and Sociology professor Alex Vitale discuss the constitutional and historical origins of policing. Has policing gone astray from its intended purpose? Or is it working as intended? Find out in this episode.

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