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Vol. 56, No. 28 • April 29 - May 5, 2021
April 2021. Volume 7. Issue 4
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Justice Department Algorithms Used to Predict Crime
Democrats Seek to Curb Results of ‘Dirty Policing’ Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
5 Students whose silhouettes are featured on the plane are telling everyone about the visual display of Alaska Airline's commitment to fight injustice. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer) See the story on Page 14.
Aerospace Engineer is the UMD’s Second Black President
A quarter of a century after arriving at College Park in pursuit of an ambitious agenda as an assistant professor in aerospace engineering, Dr. Darryl J. Pines finds himself the University of Maryland’s 34th president who is now in pursuit of ambitious goals that include recruiting and retaining more faculty members of color. “What the university does matters,” said Pines in an address as he
accepted the helm of Maryland’s “flagship,” institution that has more than 30,000 students. He is the second Black to rise to the top of the university. Born in Oakland, Calif.in 1964, Pines received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pines talked about how his par-
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5 Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (DNY) are among lawmakers questioning the Department of Justice's use of algorithms. (Courtesy photo/ushouse.gov)
Woodrow Wilson High School Name Change Proposal Under Fire
Dr. Darryl Pines Installed to Lead University of Maryland Hamil R. Harris WI Contributing Writer
New York University Law Review researchers recently found that law enforcement agencies “are increasingly using predictive policing systems to forecast criminal activity and allocate police resources.” Yet in numerous jurisdictions, these systems are built on data produced during documented periods of flawed, racially-biased and sometimes unlawful practices and
D.C. Council to Consider Black Playwright August Wilson as New Choice Sam P.K. Collins WI Contributing Writer
5 University of Maryland President Dr. Darryl Pines (Courtesy photo/ University of Maryland)
As monuments of Confederate leaders from the past continue to be removed from parks and neighborhood squares, many wonder if their removal will truly enhance or simply inhibit our understanding of and the truth about America’s often troubled history. But it’s not just statues that stand to be sequestered to local storage
facilities as efforts have increased to change the monikers of public schools with the names of men and women who better represent our nation’s diverse community. As an example, D.C. Public Schools [DCPS] Chancellor Lewis Ferebee recently announced his proposal to rename Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest in honor of August Wilson, the 20th century
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