Spencer Overton
Law professor and researcher focused on voting rights and multiracial democracy, serving as the Patricia Roberts-Harris Research Professor of Law at GW Law School and founder of the Multiracial Democracy Project.
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Jan 18, 2026 • 54min
How Trump's AI Policy Promotes Ethnonationalism
Spencer Overton, a law professor and expert on voting rights, dives into the troubling intersection of AI policy and ethnonationalism under the Trump administration. He discusses how the removal of bias safeguards in AI promotes exclusion and perpetuates racial inequality. Overton outlines the harms of unregulated AI, including deception and homogenization. He also highlights federal uses of AI and their societal implications, calls for an Equitable AI Act, and argues for maintaining pluralism while regulating technology to ensure fairness.
Mar 10, 2024 • 49min
Exploring the Intersection of Information Integrity, Race, and US Elections
Experts discuss combating misinformation, AI impact on marginalized communities in elections, historical disenfranchisement of black individuals, racial dynamics in the US, nativism, misogyny in politics, tech facilitating communication, and the need for innovative tech policy and corporate accountability.
