HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group

by Patrick Ball and Megan Price Today the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) publicly denounces the growing attacks on science and human rights in the United States. We reaffirm […]

HRDAG is pleased to accept donations to our nonprofit via Donor Advised Funds. We’ve published step-by-step directions to make donating through a DAF simple and fast. Check out the directions […]

I want to invite you to check out HRDAG’s new newsletter, Structural Zero. It’s written by me and my colleagues Megan Price, Bailey Passmore, Tarak Shah, and Maria Gargiulo. Each […]

When the Right to Know Act made hundreds of thousands of police records available, HRDAG joined a coalition of organizations to build a database of law enforcement records.

A new, public database will bring more oversight to police abuses in California—and may serve as a model for police accountability for other states across the country. HRDAG was part […]

Our team was able to identify over 50 complaints related to missing persons cases.

Dr. Patrick Ball recently visited the Plutopia News Network podcast for a wide-ranging, inspiring conversation about his work for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. Patrick spoke about how he […]

Our newest Data Science Fellow, Will Taylor, is currently a doctoral student in political science and public policy at the University of Michigan.

Cynthia Conti-Cook came on board in March, 2025.

This README explains code written to shepherd the files from janky external USB drives to IPFS.