America’s Black creative class is busy both re-framing some parts and eradicating others, of the life, culture, and history that we have led.
gentrification
Issue 39
on July 28th, 2016
"As folks talk about the booming economy and the wealth and incredible jobs that tech is creating, the folks that are being left behind are the invisible workforce, are people of color. "
Issue 39
on July 28th, 2016
"...we will always win when we take on fights or campaigns like this, because we know that our fight is relational. We can build coalitions, we can build relationships, and that’s what makes us twice as strong. The opposition is about dollars and figures. "
Issue 26
on September 2nd, 2015
Diversity in tech is not only about ending technology empires that employ almost all white men, but about ending the ecosystems around tech companies that benefit primarily white males through a constellation of seemingly “secondary†effects in a far vaster net.
Issue 19
on April 8th, 2015
The changing faces and storefronts reveal another chapter in the long ugly history of race and power.
Lean Out
on February 24th, 2014
A look at new technology projects combating Bay Area speculation, plus the role and responsibilities of tech workers within local communities.