THE ALGORITHM'S SHADOW
Police algorithms don't predict crime — they predict where police have patrolled. The mathematics of bias, investigated.
COVID-19 VACCINE INEQUITY
Black Americans died at twice the rate of White Americans, then waited longer for the shot. Wealthy nations bought half the vaccine supply; Africa, importing 99 percent of its doses, got a 470-million-dose shortfall. Science followed the money. The pandemic just drew the line darker.
BEYOND REPRESENTATION
Who controls Black identity in public imagination? Rap lyrics appeared as evidence in 500+ cases. Under 2% of streaming catalogues feature African diaspora content. The institutions that profited also decided how the story got told.
INSIDE THE GLOBAL VMMC CAMPAIGN
WHO launched 27 million circumcisions as HIV strategy. The US declined, Eastern Europe rejected it — and India beat its epidemic without a scalpel.
The Permit That Vanished: Inside the Two-Week Life and Sudden Death of Amazon's King George Water Permit
Amazon withdrew its 6.4-million-gallon aquifer permit for a King George County data center on day fourteen of a thirty-day public comment period. The questions it left behind are the story.