The first paper from a years-long collaboration with an incredible mentor & co-author, @ktandrews.bsky.social! In it, we descriptively detail recent (complex) developments in college activism in the U.S. from 2017 to 2014, noting several instances that defy media & political discourse.

The Gun Violence Data Hub's library of data has launched! 🚀📈 This is the project I've been working on since September. It's looking great, and we hope it will enable journos and researchers around the country to do deeper work on guns and gun violence @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/03/trac...

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Despite policies that face recognition will just be a "jumping off point" and not evidence leading directly to arrest--people very easily proven innocent continue to be arrested and jailed after being misidentified by computers. This has got to stop and more cities should be considering bans.

More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

Because if not, you will one day find yourself answering why you increased the police budget by $126M while cutting the Fire budget by$17.6M. It’s all about trade offs and weighing risks… and the economist (and backers) will be long gone when the fire storm hits. theintercept.com/2025/01/08/l...

Massachusetts last year made phone calls from prison and jails free. It also wiped charges for other forms of communication between incarcerated folks & their loved ones. You can see how hugely important it is for people in this piece. 1/2 boltsmag.org/massachusett...