As a complement and counterpoint to Leader Schumer’s AI roadmap, EPIC and 50+ groups collected mountains of evidence that show we are so far past civil society having a “seat at the table.” The public interest must be in the driver’s seat. Read more: senateshadowreport.com

BREAKING: New report outlines what’s missing from the Senate’s roadmap on AI and challenges their hands-off regulatory approach. It makes the case for putting the public interest in the driver’s seat. economicsecurityproject.org/news/new-shado…

Rather than looking into ways how we can restrict #SNAPChoice, we should look at science-backed measures that help improve health outcomes, like: - increasing SNAP benefit amount - expand GusNIP to incentivize fruits and vegetables - protect Thrifty Food Plan

AI is impacting many key areas of our lives: corporate power, democracy, voting, climate, labor, race, immigration, privacy, + poverty. We have all the evidence needed for Congress to ACT NOW to protect the public. My colleagues + I laid it out plainly: senateshadowreport.com

Sen. Boozman, the top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, has released his farm bill framework. This proposal not only includes the $30B cut to future #SNAP benefits from the House farm bill, but it also includes other harmful provisions that could cut even more from SNAP.

This isn't a Farm Bill. This is a Harm Bill.

I grew up about 45 minutes away from these CAFOs. I spent years in litigation against them as a new lawyer roughly a decade ago, and just...I'm so angry that it takes lawsuits and years of motions and formal enforcement to get people clean water to drink.

78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. But we act like that's not me. So let's talk about it. Join my substack as we explore ending poverty and how some politicians make it worse. My first post talks about my lived experience. salaambhatti.substack.com/p/from-experie…

Here is my written Senate testimony on the need for privacy laws in an age of AI. I rely on the work of Ari Ezra Waldman Danielle Citron Woodrow Hartzog Neil Richards Julie Cohen Alicia Solow-Niederman @jevanhutson and others. commerce.senate.gov/services/files… (PDF)

so proud to release this report with Center for Democracy & Technology alongside coauthors Bonnielin Swenor PhD & Miranda Bogen, in advance of the #ADA anniversary. minimizing the risks of #AlgorithmicBias for #disabled people starts with creating more equitable datasets -- here's how: cdt.org/wp-content/upl…

I've been working with The PGA TOUR . "James Dukes, a producer known as IMAKEMADBEATS and founder of the artist collective known as UNAPOLOGETIC. , is working with the FedEx St. Jude Championship as it tries to broaden its appeal in and around Memphis." bit.ly/3X5eW3T

grateful to see this coverage from @forbes of our report on the importance of including disability data when building algorithmic tools — check it out ⤵️ Miranda Bogen Bonnielin Swenor PhD Center for Democracy & Technology forbes.com/sites/gusalexi…

Thank you, Maria Hinojosa 🥑 and team, for producing such a thoughtful piece on the implications of abortion bans across states and how these are inspiring Latinas to run for office (among other things). National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice works with poderosas in this region. Check out their work.

Thrilled to have our work recognized as central in holding a notoriously impervious industry to account time.com/7012875/amba-k… #TIME100AI There's power in saying the unpopular thing, even if there is also discomfort :) Grateful to team AI Now Institute and those we walk with ❤️

Also this is the most affirming moment of my decade of research on these issues. Please pay attention. It’s coming for you next.

I wrote a story about being a strange person in a stranger place. Then I scored it. The score is my album, titled “WANDS” and it drops on my birthday, Nov 16, 2024. Join me at the Planetarium moshmemphis.com/event/laser-li…

Sometimes I wonder... if IM SICK BECAUSE IM NOT FROM HERE. WANDS. 11.16.24. Join me at the Planetarium that night. We'll leave together. moshmemphis.com/event/laser-li…

Delighted to kick off #AAC2024 The Information Society Project with a panel on A.I. accountability featuring Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Kevin De Liban, Ellen Goodman, and myself.

IMAKEMADBEATS is our "Live at 9 DJ for the Day," Part 8