Will Carless
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'We’ve All Started Calling it “the Senseless” '
Workers say the census’ tailor-made app, designed by a company with a poor track record with the Census Bureau, is inefficient and buggy. The problems have made them question whether the app was tested rigorously. → Read More
How the US’ massive failure to close digital divide got exposed by coronavirus
Three out of four Americans without reliable high-speed internet access live in urban areas. Most haven’t connected because they can’t afford it. → Read More
Dozens of Grocery Store Workers Have Died. Here’s What Workers Say Their Employers Did Wrong
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Dozens of grocery store workers have died. Here’s what workers say their employers did wrong.
At major grocery stores, policies have incentivized sick and vulnerable workers to report for duty. Masks and gloves were forbidden. Confusion reigned within chains. → Read More
Dozens of grocery store workers have died. Here’s what workers say their employers did wrong.
At major grocery stores, policies have incentivized sick and vulnerable workers to report for duty. Masks and gloves were forbidden. Confusion reigned within chains. → Read More
The Census Bureau is building Trump a huge list of noncitizens. Will it be secure?
The sensitive data could be vulnerable to malicious hacks that could identify individuals. → Read More
These police officers were members of extremist groups on Facebook
We downloaded data from Facebook and asked a question: How many people were members of at least one extremist group and at least one police group? → Read More
The Hate Report: 4 takeaways from the big annual hate study
The total number of hate groups in the United States recognized by the SPLC rose to a record 1,020 last year, up about 7 percent from 2017. → Read More
The Hate Report: Changes are coming to how we report on hate
The Hate Report isn’t going to be weekly anymore, so we can focus even more on original reporting. → Read More
The Hate Report: What white nationalists think about Tucker Carlson
We were curious to see whether the hardcore white nationalists on the web viewed Carlson as their messenger to the broader public. → Read More
The Hate Report: Police vs. antifa
In this week’s roundup: Cops in Louisiana search for antifa with the help of neo-Nazis, Gab is big in Brazil and sometimes OK is not OK. → Read More
The Hate Report: Sikh Americans continue being targeted in hate crimes
In this week’s roundup: Two attacks on American Sikhs this month stir up memories of decades of hate, more Trump administration staff connected to white nationalists, and understanding farm murders in South Africa. → Read More
The Hate Report: Infowars is the gateway drug for white supremacists
We explore how Alex Jones’ conspiracy hub and the online message board 4chan breed white supremacists. → Read More
The Hate Report: The big names in racism aren’t attending Charlottesville 2
“All these people who were able to get together just a year ago are totally unable to do that now because of all the disputes.” → Read More
The Hate Report: White nationalism at the ballot box
In this week’s roundup: White nationalism thrives in this election season, a roundup of hate crime news and a Chick-fil-A fact check. → Read More
The Hate Report: The state of anti-immigrant hate, 2018
How immigrants have been hit by hate crimes, the White House ties of one extremist anti-immigrant group and a possible hate crime solution. → Read More
The Hate Report: The alt-right is down, but not out
Plus: The curious case of an adoption ad on a far-right podcast, a Middle Eastern conservative reflects on a Trump appointee’s Islamophobia and more. → Read More
The Hate Report: Trump’s ‘animals’ comment enlivens the neo-Nazis
In this week’s roundup: How the neo-Nazis heard Trump’s comments, the news that Hitler is definitely dead and a hate crime rundown. → Read More
The Hate Report: Targeted for being straight? Nope
In this week’s roundup: Police across the country are reporting anti-heterosexual hate crimes, but there’s no evidence such crimes exist, and more. → Read More
The Hate Report: 4 million anti-Semitic tweets, and counting
In this week’s roundup: Quantifying hate on Twitter, analyzing Andrew Anglin and seeking info about racist political candidates near you. → Read More