Reclaiming Innovation to Transform the Future of Work(ers)
— Much has been written about the massive changes that are underway in the nature and future of work, but we still have more questions than answers. How, for example, can we ensure that the jobs...
View ArticleChanging the Face of Disability in the Media
— Judy Heumann is an internationally recognized disability rights leader, known especially for her work as an advocate with disabled people across different social justice movements. Since the early...
View ArticleFighting the ‘Coded Gaze’
— When I was a master’s student at MIT, I worked on a number of different art projects that used facial analysis technology. One in particular—called The Aspire Mirror— would detect my face in a mirror...
View ArticleMapping the Future of Brazil
— The Brazilian Amazon is a vast and imposing landscape, eight times the size of Texas—or some 560 million hectares. Home to roughly a third of terrestrial life forms, with 25 percent of our planet’s...
View ArticleOn the Future of Work(ers)
— At the beginning of this year, I shared my concern about the grave threat inequality poses to democratic values and institutions. Indeed, when individuals no longer feel they have equal access to...
View ArticleNatural Climate Solutions Are the Future, and Indigenous Rights Are Key to...
— This summer, record high temperatures around the world focused people’s attention on climate change. In California, Australia, and elsewhere, intense wildfires have had a similar effect. But if we...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Artists Use Tech to Confront Inequality?
— As an artist working with emerging media and technology, I’m often asked to describe the “what” of my projects, how they came to be. What is this device? What do I do with it? What makes it light up,...
View ArticleWhat Does a Mission Driven HR Department Look Like?
— At the Ford Foundation, we believe it’s important to model the kind of change we hope to see in the world. And so our efforts to disrupt inequality must start in our own organization. Our human...
View ArticleWhy the Privacy Conversation Needs More Voices
In the wake of high-profile data breaches at Cambridge Analytica, Yahoo, Equifax, and other companies, privacy issues are increasingly the focus of attention and conversation. But privacy is a...
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