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Chad M. Topaz

Chad M. Topaz is a professor of complex systems at Williams College, cofounder of the nonprofit QSIDE Institute, and author of the forthcoming book, Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change. Reach him on Bluesky at @chadtopaz.bsky.social.

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Religion Dispatches
I built the first publicly available dataset capturing 40 years of speakers, topics, sponsors, and locations.
On April 29, in Louisiana v. Callais , the Supreme Court rendered Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in Justice Kagan’s words , “all but a dead letter.” The 6-3 decision reset the rules for…
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