The sources this week can unlock the mysteries of Web3, the blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Alex Hanna is director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), an independent organization that studies the development and impact of artificial intelligence. Previously, Hanna was a senior research scientist at Google studying ethical artificial intelligence and fair machine learning. A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender and class inequality. 

Hanna serves as a co-chair of Sociologists for Trans Justice and a senior fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, and sits on the advisory boards for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group and the Scholars Council for the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. 

Ava Halvai is the founder of ARTXV, the first non-fungible token (NFT) collective for disabled, neurodivergent artists. She uses her platform to amplify the work of the disabled community on Web3 and blockchain.

ARTXV collaborates with businesses and organizations to further disability inclusion in the blockchain space. They are the first NFT collectives to collaborate with Google Arts & Culture to showcase the work of neurodivergent artists.

Other sources of interest this week.

The moratorium on federal student loan payments has been extended until the end of August bringing relief to millions, along with hope that borrowers in default might get a second chance. 
 
Stella Flores is an associate professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Texas, Austin, where she is also director of research and strategy for the Education Research Center. She studies the impact of state and federal policies on low-income and underrepresented college students, especially immigrant and English learner students. 

Sources of the Week on the news

Read:

• Craig Santos Perez was featured in Hawai’i Public Radio for National Poetry Month.
• Pedro Noguera tells ABC10 that teacher burnout will lead to further strikes after teachers unions in Sacramento City Unified School District protested. 
• Popular Science interviewed Anthony Brickhouse on what an airplane black box can tell us in the wake of the Chinese Eastern crash.
• In The New York Times, Jamal Greene writes about his dreams and apprehensions after Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
• Andra Gillespie spoke to The New York Times about how Black women watched Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings.
• Dr. Ximena Lopez was mentioned in Vice as one of the healthcare providers to trans youth who are being targeted by controversial legislation and policies.
• On WKYC Studios, Ayesha Bell Hardaway weighed in on Deshaun Watson’s legal battles amidst sexual assault allegations. 
• Chi Chi Wu offered advice to people checking their medical debt on CNBC.
• Al Jazeera interviewed José Miguel Cruz on the increase in homicides that is spreading fear in El Salvador.
• Schuyler Bailar was featured byAmnesty International on Transgender Day of Visibility. 
• William Spriggs shared his concerns over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes with The Washington Post.
  
• Tiana Epps-Johnson spoke to WAMU about the difficulty of funding election departments that facilitate the voting process.

Watch:

• On PBS News Hour, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. talked about the new generation of lawmakers coming from protest into legislation. 

Listen:

• Ankit Panda spoke to Weekend Edition about the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. 
• Listen to Freeman Hrabowski on WYPR’s On The Record reflecting on three decades he spent leading the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• On Marketplace, Trevon Logan talked about how increased competition might alleviate the effects of rising inflation.
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein spoke with Short Wave about the value of a night sky unpolluted by artificial light. 
• All Things Considered interviewed Moriba Jah about Amazon’s plans to release a satellite fleet into space.