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Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and the new data war

Mar 19, 2018
How Cambridge Analytica may have impacted our elections and how Facebook helped.
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Study: Less-educated white people face alarming mortality increases

Mar 23, 2017
There's an alarming increase in suicides among less-educated Americans, the Brookings Institution reports.
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Trump's former campaign chairman had plan to benefit Putin government

Mar 22, 2017
Paul Manafort secretly worked for a billionaire to advance the interests of the Russian president.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits USA House in the Olympic Village in Sochi, Russia back in 2014.
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The Valley's Problem with Empathy

Dec 5, 2016
Silicon Valley's advancements in technology are groundbreaking, but can displace jobs for many people.
In a world of algorithms and technological processes, the customer at the end of that process is sometimes reduced to a number or statistic.
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My Economy: Free college "changed my life"

Nov 23, 2016
Mike Essl is fighting to bring back free tuition at New York's Cooper Union.
Mike Essl, a graduate and acting dean of the Cooper Union School of Art, bears a tattoo of the college's iconic Foundation Building.
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What we mean when we talk about the working class

Nov 21, 2016
White working-class voters helped propel Donald Trump into the White House.
Supporters stand for the national anthem during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the W.L. Zorn Arena November 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. 

 
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