Systemic Inequality News Today

At the first STEAM-focused learning site from Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program, 11 Cambridge high school students learned programming skills at MIT. Personal Robots group and RAISE hosted Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui at the Media Lab to showcase student engagement with the Data Activism curriculum.

The Inclusive Journalism Initiative is an effort by the organizations to move the news industry toward a comprehensive plan for smarter and more expansive coverage of race and systemic inequality. 

S. Craig Watkins, MLK Visiting Professor at MIT, looks beyond algorithm bias to an artificial intelligence future where models more effectively deal with systemic inequality.

We asked you to tell us how you’re aiding the struggle for change. Here’s what you said.

Hogan’s Alley Society wants the city to make meaningful reparations for racist policies of the past but is having a hard time getting a straight answer.

Rapid technological advances have exerted positive and negative effects on our mental health, so how can the law and IP help swing the pendulum in favour of the former, asks Alex Gardiner of EIP.

Asked by Fox News Chris Wallace whether systemic racism exists across American institutions, Graham said no.  "Not in my opinion. We just elected a two-term African-American president," he said, referring to former President Barack Obama, who was in office from January 2009 to January 2017. "The vice president is of African American-Indian descent," he continued, referring to Kamala Harris. "So our systems are not racist. Americas not a racist country." Extensive research and data illustrate h...