The Data Bill of Rights was first written by James Felton Keith in 2015 before the founding of The Data Union and explained on stage at the RadicalXChange conference in 2019. Here is a clip of that explanation from the RadX panel. These ideas which were once considered radical are not anymore, after the scaling of Artificial Intelligence to the every day user.Panelists James Felton Keith, Tawana Petty, Timnit Gebru, Paul Tang, Kim-Mai Cutler

James Felton Keith presenting on Data Unions & Labor Law with Kaliya Young, Author of The Domains of Identity at the 41st Internet Identity Workshop in Silicon Valley California. He covers the new Data Ownership policies in Europe and new uses of math inspired by Oped AI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, as he recruits the crowd to engage organized labor with the concept that Data Is Labor.Get the Data Is Labor book at https://www.amazon.com/Data-Labor-Essays-Distributing-People/dp/B0DDKMXW6C/And join the JFK for Congress campaign at VoteJFK.org

Managing Director of the Langston Hughes House joins me to discuss the critical importance of affordable housing and its impact on communities, particularly in Harlem. The video emphasizes the need for respect and value in building spaces for everyone, and how this issue affects other areas.He asks how does someone with a history like Bruce Teitelbaum get ti guy up Harlem land https://archive.is/h5pMDThis is a continuation of the protests against Project One45 on 145th Street in Harlem and the broader NYC Housing Equity Crisis. Here is more from NY YIMBY (yes ion my back yard) movement https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/07/one45-three-building-affordable-housing-complex-gains-approval-in-harlem-manhattan.html

Housing activists and organizers are still deeply unhappy with the affordability level in the One45 development on 145th Street and Malcolm X BLVD. A group gathered at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building on West 125th Street last Friday, July 11, to protest at Councilman Salaam’s office, led by Kai Cogsville and other activists in the "Defend Harlem" coalition. More on them at https://defendharlem.org/This touches on a broad affordability issue pitting progressives against progressives with the Housing Justice advocates on one side and the YIMBY (yes in my back yard) advocates on another, but it doesn't have to be. In 2022/23 we negotiated a 50% deeply affordability plan with the developers of One45 and in 2025 the city council adopted a 30% plan. We don't know exactly what changed. This is happening all over New York City.

Mark Levine has been at the forefront of advocating for more affordable, equitable and healthy communities for nearly 25 years. He’s a former bilingual math and science teacher in the South Bronx, and he founded the Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union, which today has made over $100 million of loans to local families and businesses in Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. He served on the New York City Council for 8 years, including as Chair of the Committee on Parks, Chair of the Jewish Caucus, and Chair of the Committee on Health, where he brought his science-based and data driven approach to helping to lead the city out of the worst public health crisis in a century. He introduced and passed transformative tenants rights protections, including the first-in-the-nation Right to Counsel, which guarantees tenants at risk of eviction with legal representation if they cannot afford a lawyer. In 2022, Mark was elected Manhattan Borough President, where he led the fight to end our affordability crisis. He identified opportunities for tens of thousands of new units of housing, advocated for new policies that will help create badly needed affordable housing, and fought to protect tenants so they can stay in their homes. He has launched campaigns to plant a million more trees and deliver millions of dollars of low-interest loans to small businesses, and has pushed the city to improve our mental health system, ensure New Yorkers can travel quickly and safely on our streets, and prepare for climate change. Mark lives in Upper Manhattan with his wife and two kids, who are studying to be a nurse and EMT. In his free time, Mark spends time with his family and likes to study languages. He speaks Spanish and Hebrew fluently, and is studying Greek and French. Mark graduated from Haverford College with a B.A. in physics and from Harvard University's Kennedy School with a master's in public policy.https://www.votemarklevine.com/about

I'm endorsing Michael Blake for NYC Mayor and here is a little bit about theFormer, NY Assemblyman and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. https://blakefornyc.com/about/

Supreme Court sides with straight woman in 'reverse discrimination' case

The court said members of a majority group don't face an extra hurdle when alleging 'reverse discrimination' in the workplace.

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While much of the country was focused on the presidential race during the 2024 election, New Yorkers voted on something I see as equally transformative: Proposal 1. Known as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), this ballot initiative amended the state constitution to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, pregnancy and reproductive healthcare access. This isn’t just symbolic. It’s law—and it carries real teeth.More at https://www.keithinstitute.org/single-post/the-business-impact-of-new-york-s-new-dei-constitution-compliance

JFK & The Guys are joined by Dr. Kyra Greene of the Center on Policy Initiatives in San Diego to do a deep dive into the the concept that Data is evidence of Our Labor or "Data Is Labor" and how we tie to the broader labor movement. This is a continuation of the original conversation with Dr Greene. Get the Data Is Labor book at dataislabor.com

Code-Switching And Other Strategies Leaders Can Use To Support Gender EquityPreviously published at Forbeshttps://www.keithinstitute.org/single-post/code-switching-and-other-strategies-leaders-can-use-to-support-gender-equityThis is another #Inclusionism #Podcast with reflections on my experience working in #DEI with #ISO30415