Outrage, grief and fury. Even these words do not suffice in describing the political climate in America following the death of George Floyd, an African American who died after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd’s neck until Floyd…

In 2002, Andrew Pole, a statistician for the American retail store chain Target, devised an algorithm to determine the statistical probability of customers being pregnant based upon their purchasing patterns. Target would then send coupons for pregnancy related items to…