On Thursday, the Office of Mayor Ed Gainey announced the formation of the Data Justice for Pittsburgh’s Black Neighborhoods collaborative initiative, aimed at creating Black health equity and data ...

There’s no such thing as the US criminal justice system. There are, instead, thousands of counties across the country, each with their own systems, made up of a diffuse network of sheriffs, court ...

At TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 today, I had a chance to chat with DJ Patil, the nation’s deputy chief technology officer for data policy and chief data scientist. We talked about what he’s been up to ...

Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood is vibrant — but it also has the lowest life expectancy rate in the city at less than 65 years old. The statistics can stigmatize the neighborhood, according to data ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s budget includes funding for the Michigan Supreme Court’s (MSC) Statewide Court Data Transparency Project to develop an integrated data collection system for all state courts ...

EIGHT storeys above downtown Los Angeles, Sean Malinowski, deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), focuses intently on a computer map of his old stomping ground. Nestled between ...

As a college student who is an English major, I’ve enjoyed saying I will never have to take another math or science course for the entirety of my lifetime. STEM subjects have intimidated me for as ...

The California state legislature has passed AB 1331, a criminal justice data bill that aims to improve the quality of criminal justice records and creates a pathway for courts to share data with ...

Missing data is missing people. Absent complete and accurate data, policies to improve the lives of Michiganders may not reach those who are not counted. The issues with data access, consistency, ...