by Bengisu Gulsen Kosarhan | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Kate Crawford in her book Atlas of AI argues that AI “grew on the battlefield where it was used to detect enemies, strange objects and maintain strategic control”. [1]The technology to which we created for military usage therefore inherently used for...
by Alex Umiker | Oct 12, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How did we get here? How did the United States come so close to the overturning of a democratic election that has guaranteed the peaceful transfer of power for almost 250 years? Infamously, President Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election after he...
by Julia Gold | Oct 12, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
The issue of prison system failures that stem from pandemic regulations (or lack thereof) is a pervasive one across the globe. While pre-pandemic systems were already fraught with rampant human rights violations, the COVID-19 response in the criminal legal system only...
by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
The effective Republican prohibition of any meaningful debate on gun reform represents many of the hallmarks of anti-democratic practices: the filibuster, money in politics, and polarization … Rather than attempting to repeat the tired argument over the specific...
by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Roe v. Wade is just one of the first casualties to come as a result of Trump’s brand of stealth authoritarianism and the gradual weakening of American democracy since his rise to power The recent leaked draft decision of Justice Samuel Alito that would seek to...
