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Is the patient Black? Check this box for yes

As of publication, no database tracks the number of Black patients who died before getting on the kidney transplant waitlist ...
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It’s hard to find resources while on the transplant list. These sites want to change that

It can be challenging to find the right sort of help when you’re sick and navigating a complicated health care system. And if ...
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Matt McVickar

Full-stack EngineerMatt McVickar is a full-stack engineer at CalMatters and The Markup. Matt comes to CalMatters from a career in client and agency work, with nearly two decades in website and ...
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The NYC Algorithm Deciding Which Families Are Under Watch for Child Abuse

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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Split Screen: How Different Are Americans’ Facebook Feeds?

Facebook’s recommendation algorithm shows different news, groups, and hashtags to different users. But who sees what? Split Screen attempts to answer that question with real world data collected ...
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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites

A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s ...
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Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook

The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good. Sign up for Klaxon, a newsletter that ...
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Poorer States Suffer Under New Organ Donation Rules, As Livers Go to Waste

New rules requiring donated livers to be offered for transplant hundreds of miles away have benefited patients in New York, California, and more than a dozen other states at the expense of patients in ...
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During my kid’s surgery, I was denied a copy of my consent form — then sent to a ghost office

Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. I’m Alex, ...
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Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them

A satellite image of Plainfield, New Jersey with the city boundaries outlined. In 2018, police in the city of Plainfield, N.J., started using software called PredPol to predict where crime would ...
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We’re Not Living a “Predicted” Life: Student Perspectives on Wisconsin’s Dropout Algorithm

During the second half of our junior year of high school, we were shocked to learn about an algorithm called the Dropout Early Warning System (DEWS) that our home state of Wisconsin had been using to ...
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In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem

We all use the internet to complete increasingly sensitive tasks: book doctor’s appointments, file taxes, apply for financial aid. When we do, our data can be tracked from the moment we open our ...