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The Supreme Court created a test 40 years ago to root out racial bias in jury selection. Here, a death penalty scholar explains why it’s not working.
Empirical evidence from other jurisdictions shows that more diverse juries are fairer to black defendants.
A world-first study involving 4,000 Australian adults shows political parties shouldn’t assume Indigenous candidates will face voter rejection.
Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.
The US has a long history of misusing genetics and biology in immigration policy, the effects of which are still keenly felt today.
Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.
This bias in science journalism seems not to be due only to pragmatic concerns about time zones or the language spoken in the country where the scientist is based.
Predictive policing has been a bust. The Department of Justice nurtured the technology from researchers’ minds to corporate production lines and into the hands of police departments.
Humanoid robots tend to be white or resemble white people. Here’s why this is a problem and what social scientists, designers and engineers can do about it.
A new study finds sample episodes of the recently cancelled Police Ten 7 TV show disproportionately featured Māori and Pasifika suspects or offenders. It also under-represented Polynesian officers.
One researcher’s experience from a quarter-century ago shows why bias in AI remains a problem – and why the solution isn’t a simple technical fix.
The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
The treatment of Ukrainian refugees exposes a humanitarian double standard that has channelled vital funding away from equally deserving crises.
Jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways – one of which depends on how the evidence is presented in court, a media scholar explains.
The case of Tyre Nichols highlights how traffic stops can turn deadly. Traffic stops are also prone to racial bias, can break down community trust in police and yield few results, research shows.
When a person expresses racial bias, then that bias, conscious or not, is racism.
Though difficult to pinpoint, white educators often put forth stereotypes when they discuss Black students among themselves, new research has found.
Overcoming the access barriers and biases that underrepresented and underserved communities face could not only improve research participation but also improve care.
Khorana rose from humble beginnings in India to decipher the genetic code. But his enormous contribution to science has been largely overlooked.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Yale University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Assistant Professor in Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer, International Law, University of Nairobi
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Psychology of Education, University of Bristol
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Dean of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Departments of History and Religious Studies; Director, Center for the Humanities, Grinnell College
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Affiliate Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of Birmingham