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Brandon Gilbert standing in a walkway between buildings. He is wearing a green jacket with roses on it and a baseball cap.
2016 Year in Review by Danielle S. Reed on December 13th, 2016
"...you see it within the first two years in the tech world that you’re just being consumed as a pillar of knowledge instead of a pillar of greatness."
Two women of color pair program at a standing desk in an office environment.
Issue 40 by Tiffany Mikell on August 17th, 2016
A growing number of tech educational programs don’t center our lived experiences or the things that motivate us as learners.
An eerie, long shadow of a person superimposed over a driveway with cars, and large trees in the background.
Issue 38 by Siobhán K Cronin on June 20th, 2016
Does chronic exposure to workplace stressors and aggressions affect our neuroanatomy?
The author at Warner Bros Studios, standing on a bridge set piece for the Harry Potter movies.
Issue 28 by Daniel Freeman on October 12th, 2015
College campuses can, and should, do a better job of advocating for their students, staff and faculty with disabilities.
A woman sitting and facing snow-covered trees, pictured through a 4-pane window.
Issue 27 by Anonymous Author on September 17th, 2015
I look around and I see my friends building technologies that make life easier for abusers. I am overwhelmingly sad thinking of all the people whose lives have been made orders of magnitude more hellish carrying ever-connected computers on their bodies.
Photo of a peapod, cracked open to show numerous brightly-colored peas: pink, orange, blue among the green peas.
Issue 23 by Livio De La Cruz on June 30th, 2015
If you’re someone who identifies strongly with the techie stereotype, then all of these myths about the tech industry and its predictable culture make it sound like a promised land that was built just for you.
Photo of Alex Rodriguez.
Issue 17 by Alex Rodriguez on February 24th, 2015
My experiences call into question what we can do better to make more Latinos successful in tech.
Sign that reads 'This is a safe area'.
Events by Anjuan Simmons on October 30th, 2014
We must examine the harmful outcomes that technology events foster: discrimination, aggression, and harassment. The only way to change these outcomes is to change behavior.
Stairs leading up to a library full of stocked bookshelves.
Events by Nasma Ahmed on October 29th, 2014
There are times when I don't want to be the only women of colour in the room that happens to also wear the hijab proudly. When I would rather not spend my evening being asked ignorant questions or being gawked at.
An origami unicorn.
Events by Kat Li on October 28th, 2014
When we talk about diversity in the tech industry, Native Americans receive no attention.