Cell phone data show big cities foster socioeconomic segregation
Cellphone data show that people in large cities have few opportunities for even brief interactions with those outside their socioeconomic bracket. Intentional urban design choices could encourage more diverse interactions.
FBI Director Christopher Wray and the heads of four foreign security agencies spoke with Condoleezza Rice about the threat China poses to technological innovation.
Could technology help reduce pretrial incarceration?
Thousands of people in the U.S. are in prison awaiting trial for misdemeanors. Research suggests text message reminders about court dates could reduce this number significantly.
Research finds racial disparity in school closures
A new Stanford analysis confirms what many have long suspected: Majority-Black public schools in the United States are far more likely to be shuttered.
Fifty years after Stanford sociologist Mark Granovetter’s groundbreaking research on the strength of weak ties, casual acquaintances are more important than ever.
