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  “Psychological coercion can be as effective as a physical shackle, and we find in the majority of our cases, it’s the psychological coercion that they feel. And by saying they can’t leave, usually, what people mean is they feel like they can’t get out of the exploitation. It doesn’t mean that they physically can never leave,” said Bridgette Carr, clinical professor of law and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic.

  Forbes
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  “Whether accurate or not, elected officials likely think that making it easier to vote would advantage one party — traditionally it is believed to help the Democrats — at the expense of the other party, the GOP,” said Vincent Hutchings, professor of political science and of Afroamerican and African studies. “Again, it is not clear that this is demonstrably true but it is a widespread perception. So, since this effort does not receive bipartisan support, it is difficult to enact.”

  HuffPost
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  Research by Jenna Wiens, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, found that AI medical models may misdiagnose patients of color, due to patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds receiving medical tests that others are not: “If these data contain spurious correlations or bias, the models trained on these data can replicate or even amplify these biases.”

  WEMU Radio