• AI hiring filters can put employers and vendors on the hook

    Software can do a lot more than organize job applications. It can decide which applications anybody bothers looking at, and that’s the part of Mobley v. Workday I find more interesting than the AI label. Derek Mobley and other applicants allege that Workday’s hiring technology scored, sorted, ranked or screened applicants in ways that discriminated…

  • The 1874 Election Massacre: confronting Barbour County’s political legacy

    Ever wondered why Barbour County’s local offices are held almost exclusively by Democrats, even as voters here show diverse political preferences in state and national elections? While our U.S. Senators are Republicans, and Barbour County voters regularly support candidates across party lines at the state and national level, our local politics tell a different story:…