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October 2017

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Democracy

How one programmer used her disability to her advantage

ORLANDO, Florida — When Chieko Asakawa was young, she wanted to be an Olympian. Now, she’s an IBM Fellow,...

Oct 06, 2017
Rights

Why the tech industry needs people with disabilities — and vice versa

ORLANDO, Florida — For the roughly one billion people with disabilities around the globe, new technology can be...

Oct 05, 2017
Rights

From northeast India to Harvard, a gender imbalance in tech

ORLANDO, Florida — Melinda Gates handed Mehul Smriti Raje an award for her work supporting other women in...

Oct 05, 2017
Amal Hussein and Hamdi Mohamed work on poems together (Photo by Ian Coss with Prisma filter)
Season 5 - The New American Songbook |Episode 2

For My Ayeeyo

Listen to this episode of the “GroundTruth” podcast by clicking the play button below, or by subscribing to...

Oct 05, 2017
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Navigator

Contextualizing Your Reporting

This week, we wanted to share some advice from two acclaimed documentarians – Callie Crossley and Michael Kirk...

Oct 03, 2017
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Democracy

Manufacturing in Massachusetts

Manufacturing in Massachusetts: Teaching a Younger Workforce New Skills Shaniqua Owens, 26 (left), observes the class instructor and...

Oct 02, 2017
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