Bina Venkataraman
Columnist at The Washington Post
Columnist @WashingtonPost @PostOpinions. Author, The Optimist’s Telescope. Former Boston Globe Ed Page Editor, WH advisor, MIT, NYT. First one in the water.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Bina Venkataraman
PERRY, Ga. — First came the swarm of drones. They rapidly surveyed the site of a simulated plane crash to make a map of where the actors and dummies lay among the wreckage. The robotic dogs followed, traversing the charred terrain of rocks and fallen pine trees to ask the victims about their injuries.
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Oct 8, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Bina Venkataraman
Democracy Dies in DarknessI went to a swing state to ask South Asian voters when identity matters — and when it doesn’t. GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Ever since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, I’ve been curious about the role Indian American voters could play in November. Would their pride in the vice president’s heritage drive them to the polls?
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Oct 8, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Bina Venkataraman
Washington, D.C.Columnist covering topics related to the futureEducation: Brown University, bachelor of arts in international relations; Harvard Kennedy School, master of public policyBina Venkataraman writes a column on the future for The Washington Post and is its editor-at-large for opinion strategy and innovation.
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Sep 4, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Bina Venkataraman
Instead of warring over whether their microphones will be muted while the other is speaking during the upcoming presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump should be worried that they could essentially be muted for millions of Americans who don’t hear well during the live Sept. 10 broadcast. While broadcasters to air most programs with closed captioning, the service is often delayed and rife with errors during live political events.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
washingtonpost.com | Molly Roberts |Catherine Rampell |Megan McArdle |Bina Venkataraman
Google has a favorite line when it comes to antitrust cases against the company: “Competition is just a click away.” But U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta didn’t buy it this time. He ruled this week that by paying for default placement on platforms such as Apple’s iPhone, Google unlawfully extended its monopoly in search — no matter that consumers can still choose from the small players offering alternatives for trawling the web, if they want to.
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