The Risks of Public Data
A desire for convenience and openness has left local and state public records easily available for mining, combining, and abuse.
A desire for convenience and openness has left local and state public records easily available for mining, combining, and abuse.
Data technology researcher and author Ben Green punctures the myth of the smart city.
Father Jim Keenan of Boston College discusses Pope Francis’s views on environmentalism and social justice, and how those resonate across belief systems.
When Nicole Freedman became Boston’s first “bike czar,” the city had been rated worst in the country in bike friendliness by Bicycling Magazine. A decade later, it’s been in the top ten with a growing network of protected lanes and one of the nation’s first major bike-sharing programs. Freedman describes what it takes to change culture around transit and how everyone can benefit.