by Arturo Pineda *also published in The Politic* In May on the National Day of the Fight against Homophobia, the Mexican President, Peña Nieto of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), announced via Twitter he had signed an initiative to amend the Mexican Constitution to recognize same-sex marriage across the country, and grant adoption rights to…
by Arturo Pineda If an Internet user Googled “N**** House” in 2015, Google Maps directed them to the White House address. If someone searched “Black girls,” “Asian Girls,” or “Latina Girls” in 2011, the company’s algorithm produced pages of pornographic ads. Google classified both of these incidents as “glitches” in the algorithm. On April 10th during…
by Arturo Pineda Recently the state of California and the cities of New York and Portland have passed legislation that will gradually raise the minimum wage to 15 dollars. (Portland’s bill will raise the minimum wage to 14.75 dollars). The process to achieve the target minimum wage varies widely but the goal is the same: to create a…
by Arturo Pineda On February 16th, President Peter Salovey and Provost Benjamin Polak announced the establishment of a Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM). The new center will continue the work of the Ethnicity, Race, & Migration Program by focusing on the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality but aim…