The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse
How a family’s neighborhood, age, and mental health might get their case a deeper look
Ko Bragg
Investigative Editor
Ko Bragg is a writer and editor based in and focused on the U.S. South—Mississippi in particular. Before The Markup, she was the Race & Place Editor at Scalawag, where she launched Pop Justice, a newsletter on how popular culture warps our understanding of policing and justice. Prior to that, she was a general assignment reporter at The 19th.
You can find her work in The Atlantic, “Frontline,” Harper’s Bazaar, Columbia Journalism Review, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and more.
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Bad Internet? Good Chance You’ll Miss a Key NFL Playoff Game This Weekend
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