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Whether you’re talking about food deserts, violence, or poverty, the maps are all the same — and they reflect historic generational disinvestment.

As data democratization continues its march, 75% are working on increasing access to data for more users; yet, 61% point to manual processes and tools...

Energize to ticket more than somebody that looks like the democratic party running with him. im going to stay neutral in this race because im running the data projects, but that would be something i would seriously consider doing if i were joe. >> okay, so let me ask and i want both of you to answer this. governor, ayou first. heres what people are saying. joe biden, stacey abrams, if that ticket happens, its a done deal. what do you say to that, governor? >> nothing is ever a done deal, but in ...

Policy is not perfect, its a legitimate police tactic that works. think progress points out, of the people that were stopped and frisked last year, a weapon was found 1.9% of the time. new data projects police officers could make 800,000 stops this year. thats more than twice the population of miami. 85% of those stopped were black or latino, even though those groups make up half of new york citys police population. in fact, the number of stop and frisk among young black men exceeds the citys po...