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Questions of Morality and Safety Are Steering the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Aug 18, 2016 The so-called “trolley problem” isn’t the only issue on the horizon as the driverless car rolls toward the nation’s public roads. The so-called “trolley problem” isn’t the only issue on the horizon as the driverless car rolls toward the nation’s public roads.
Killer Robots Pose Potential Problems for Future Policing
Jul 23, 2016 Removing officers in the field could reduce the danger they face and the need to use force. Then again, adding a layer of distance between officers and citizens could increase the use of force.
The Republican Convention, Donald Trump and the Police State
Jul 11, 2016 Cleveland police have ordered riot gear and the presumptive presidential nominee is promising greater militarization of the police. Don’t be surprised if things outside get violent. Will the Republican National Convention be a preview of a police state headed by a President Trump?
The Convenience of Customized Advertising May Come at a High Price
Jul 7, 2016 Further erosions of privacy are likely as companies develop more and better methods for gathering information on internet users.
FBI Wants to Exempt Its Biometric Data From Privacy Rules
Jun 22, 2016 The intelligence agency is facing blowback from advocacy organizations in response to its proposal for long-term storage and use of personal information—including that of people who haven’t committed crimes.
President Obama Must Act on Marijuana Reform
May 24, 2016 Expanding legal access to cannabis would help veterans with PTSD and many other vulnerable populations. Because the next president may not do it, it’s a change that should be made now.
Barring Prisoners From Voting Undermines Democracy
May 13, 2016 In most states, people's firsthand experience of the criminal justice system can’t be part of the political debate on how to reform it.
The Film ‘In an Ideal World’ Offers a Glimpse Inside Our Broken Prison System
Apr 22, 2016 Noel Schwerin spent seven years documenting the lives of a prison warden, a separatist murderer and a former gang member at California's Soledad Correctional Facility. The resulting film not only looks at the lives of these men but also gives viewers a sense of the enormity of the problems facing the American correctional system.
Police Use of ‘Stingray’ Phone Surveillance Hurts Minority Communities Most
Mar 29, 2016 With authorities using "cell site simulators" to gather ever more cellphone information, privacy and civil rights groups fear that an effort “to chill broad social movements” is underway. A federal investigation, the groups say, is necessary.
‘Dark Justice’: A Looney Tunes Take on Racism
Mar 21, 2016 Funny or Die’s show about the only black officer in a small-town police department dives into treacherous waters and brings humor to the surface.