How Big Data Controls Us, Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta, How Police Decide To Use Deadly Force, Why White Supremacy Persists

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 30, 2017

Cathy O’Neil exposes how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. Director Peter Bratt and Dolores Huerta discuss their new documentary "Dolores." CNN’s Thomas Lake on policing and the use of deadly force. David Billings explains why white supremacy persists in America.

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