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A collage of illustrations from The Markup's stories this year.

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Our Real-World Impact In 2024

The Markup’s reporting led to federal lawsuits, local government reforms, and much more

December 14, 2024 08:00 ET

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How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More

A conversation with agroecologist Maywa Montenegro

September 21, 2024 08:00 ET

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How I’m Trying to Use Generative AI as a Journalism Engineer — Ethically

Is it possible?

September 7, 2024 08:00 ET

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Rejecting Dogmas Around AI, User Privacy, and Tech Policy

A conversation with AI scientist Jonathan Frankle

August 17, 2024 08:00 ET

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Using Illustration To Help Investigations Stay Grounded and Approachable

Taking inspiration from The Simpsons and Chevron commercials, we created an illustrated explainer to ground our storytelling

August 3, 2024 08:00 ET

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ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In

Patronscan can help bar owners decide you are too risky for admission

July 27, 2024 08:00 ET

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Car Insurance, Cats, and Racial Discrimination

Car insurers in Michigan are not allowed to use race when setting premiums, but Black drivers are still being penalized

July 20, 2024 08:00 ET

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Our Blended Newsroom's Summer Reading List

Chip away at your TBR pile with these recs

July 13, 2024 08:00 ET

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How California’s ‘once in a century’ broadband investment plan could go wrong

A nearly $2 billion initiative to remedy the digital divide is designed to fail, advocates say

July 6, 2024 08:00 ET

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A New, Dirty Vision for Higher Education

An interview with Julia Schleck, who argues that rather than serving the public good, universities should be a forum to define and debate the public good

June 15, 2024 08:00 ET

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