Library Babel Fish

Transparency isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

By Barbara Fister

We have more to lose than our personal information.

By Barbara Fister

Cognitive dissonance made me do it. If you want social justice, why do you let your research be locked up for profit?

By Barbara Fister

Big data is being secretly wielded in ways that increase inequality and unaccountability, and a former quant can tell you want it all means – most entertainingly.

By Barbara Fister

Reporting based on leaks requires weighing the public's need to know.

By Barbara Fister

I always have start-of-term nightmares. They're actually happening at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.

By Barbara Fister

A review of Ingrid Burrington's new book, Networks of New York.

By Barbara Fister

There's a lot to like about Wikipedia, but it's becoming a hostile place for many editors.

By Barbara Fister