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The article reports on a new research on the formula used by courts and parole boards in the U.S. to forecast future criminal behavior. The research found that a racial bias in the formula arises inevitably from the test's design. The algorithms used were found to be written in a way that guarantees African American defendants will be inaccurately identified as future criminals more often than their white counterparts.

The article presents the response by the journal on the comment by software developer Northpointe on a journal article criticizing the reliability of the firm's software program that forecasts whether a person will likely commit a crime in the future. In its article, the journal studied defendants in Broward County, Florida, which showed that there is a significant racial disparity in the program's predictions. Also cited is the claim by Northpointe that the accuracy of its software is at 60%.

The article offers information on making of interactive story, "Hell and High Water" by the journal. Topics discussed include the story includes a map with seven animated simulations depicting a large hurricane hitting the Houston, Texas-Galveston, Texas region, the scenarios depict a hurricane hitting with existing storm protection infrastructure in place, and simulations were developed by teams at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Severe Storm Prediction.

The article reports on issues concerning price differences for educational services offered by the Princeton Review. Topics discussed include preparation for SAT educational test by preparation services of Princeton, higher prices charged by Asian students for the services, and unintentional discrimination categorized as illegal the disparate impact legal doctrine.

The article reports on the placement of hundreds of school districts under court order to desegregate following the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case.

The article offers information on the globe spanning surveillance for terrorism suspects and its connection with the computer game application "Angry Birds". Reference is made to the National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain's Government Communication Headquarters surveillance techniques and its relation with smartphone using patterns. Data collection is done when one uses applications like Google Maps and sends posts through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln etc.

The article reports on the industrial safety, compensation, and other benefits between temporary and permanent employees in the U.S. Topics discussed include workplace injury risks, the increase of temporary workers since 2008, and injury claims from these workers. Also provided is information on work-related casualties and the reasons why injury rates are higher in temporary than regular employment.

The article reports on a study which examines the difference of workplace injuries between temporary and permanent employees in the U.S. Findings reveal the incidence rates and risk ratios by state and occupation, number of workers in jobs ranked by injury rate, and type of injuries. Also provided is information on the methodology of the study, strengths, and limitations.

The article presents tables that list the total cost of drug prescriptions by state in the U.S. and the top drugs in the country based on total claims and cost including Simvastatin, Lisinopril and Hydrocodone-acetaminophen.

Several charts are presented that lists the number of new wells drilled, enforcement staff, and budget numbers from 2003 to 2011 in the U.S.

The article discusses several campaign emails for the U.S. presidential election. It was found that the campaigns have been sending on average two variations of each email, which are based on whether the recipient has donated in the past. A campaign by U.S. President Barack Obama increased attacks on presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's tenure as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bain Capital.

The article presents the author's views on the email sent by the presidential campaign of U.S. president Barack Obama, which mentioned the donations by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. The author states that this is not the first time that Adelson's name has been used to gather support. The email also invited donations from its recipient supporters. The author also discusses the email sent by candidate Mitt Romney's campaign, that was aimed at Obama.

The article discusses the changes in wordings of the political campaign emails issued by various candidates to the voters in the U.S. by referring to an email by the office of U.S. president Barack Obama about the dinner of president at the house of celebrity Sarah Jessica Parker. It is mentioned that the language of the email differs for different voters, however, it is not clear that on what basis the campaigns optimizes their wordings.

The article investigates the email sent out by the re-election campaign of the U.S. President Barack Obama, by running the stemming, bagging and correlating methods in the sample contained distinct emails. As mentioned, six clusters were found in the 190 emails by grouping the emails using the Pearson Correlation.

The article discusses on the political campaigns related to presidential election in the U.S. It is mentioned that politicians including the U.S. President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, are using microtargeting tactics to reach specific voters through email, Facebook and online advertisements and videos.

The article offers information on political campaigns of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The article discusses the practice of redistricting in the U.S. It is mentioned that redistricting is supposed to let voters choose the politician they like instead the politicians have manipulated the practice to choose the voters most suitable to them. It is mentioned that despite the Voting Rights Act, the technique of cracking is still practiced to divide the voters. Also, both Democratic and Republican parties practice redistricting to increase their Congressional seats.

The article reports that the number of groups and others that are being bankrolled by corporations, unions and other special interests is increasing in the U.S. It reports that contributions to such groups are not limited by campaign finance laws, and most states allow them to take unlimited amounts of money without disclosing the source. It reports that one such group is Fair Districts Mass which is advocating better representation of minorities in and around Boston, Massachusetts.

The article presents information on a cache released by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). The documents include the Fed's lending through its discount window as well as its oldest lending program of last resort. The documents also include some information that were previously released about the Fed's lending through specially-created programs during the financial crisis.

The article reports that five soldiers of Psycho Platoon including Brock Savelkoul, Derrick Junge and Jared Hollingshead suffered brain injuries after a rocket attack at Camp Liberty, in Baghdad, Iraq on January 16, 2009.

The article offers information on 69 U.S. Democrats' district, voting record and campaign fund. Joseph Crowley's campaign has taken in 8.9 million dollars during his House career. Melissa Bean was first elected to her district in Chicago's suburbs in 2004 and during her House career, her campaign has taken in more than 11.3 million dollars. Ron Kind was first elected to his rural district in the heart of Wisconsin's dairy country in 1996.

The article presents comparison of the full versions of the U.S. Senate health care bill and the bill that will likely go before the House for a vote. Some of the changes proposed by the House include provisions of new revisions to the laws governing student loans; a new law governing the tax credit for biofuels; and an assortment of changed legislative formulas.

The article reports on the Transparency Tracker, a tool ordered by the U.S. Administration to watch for federal agencies' open-government web sites. It states the Transparency Tracker spotted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new open-government page. It states the page included three new data sets, which the U.S. Office of Management and Budget told agencies to make available by January 22, 2011.

The article presents information on an application called the unemployment tracker which observes the unemployment trust fund of each state for balance and make predictions based on it. As reported uptill January 2010, 25 U.S. states have borrowed from the federal government and nine states are following. The information is collected including the amount paid by the states in benefits and earning in unemployment tax revenue. The data is received from the U.S. Department of Labor.