Code for America
Engineer in Residence at Code for America, an organization that helps develop mobile applications with cities
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Mick Thompson
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FROM Mick Thompson
Which Way, L.A.?
Is There Finally an App for Responsive Government? The City of Los Angeles is offering an application for smart phone users, and Mayor Villaraigosa says it "puts the power of City Hall in the palm of your hand." The app MyLA311 has been around for a month, and that's given KCRW's Saul Gonzalez time to try it out.
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To the Point
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.