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Pile of silver coins.
Building Model View Culture by The Editor on January 19th, 2016
Building sustainable funding that supports your mission and goals, allows you to grow, and develops community connection.
Fund Club home page.
Issue 26 by The Editor on September 1st, 2015
This is a post about why and how we developed Fund Club, and what we’ve learned in the process.
Perfect bubble floating through the air, reflecting a lush green land on its surface.
Issue 22 by Dimas Guardado on June 11th, 2015
We are conditioned to reason about economic vulnerability in terms of individual merit, instead of as systemic failure.
A Super post by the author reading "The worst is when white gun enthusiasts talk to me about police murdering blacks." The text is superimposed over the names and photos of black people murdered by police.
Issue 21 by Aja Barber on May 20th, 2015
While today Twitter is one of the biggest platforms for social justice organization online, it’s important that these movements can spread on emerging platforms as well.
Aerial shot of a lush country club with golf courses and large houses.
Issue 18 by nina de jesus on March 16th, 2015
How different the social media landscape would be if sites focused on more than the good ol' boys network to drive their initial growth.
Close-up of a keyboard.
Issue 17 by Ellie Day on February 25th, 2015
Giving access to a tool as powerful as code creates social change and spurs economic mobility for those who have not shared equally in the rewards of the technological renaissance.
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.
Roll of one-hundred dollar bills.
Programming by Shawna Scott on January 21st, 2015
While some code schools are intentionally predatory institutions, many more simply recycle the tired tropes and biased practices rampant in startup culture.
Photo of Chad Taylor.
Events by The Editor & Chad Taylor on October 28th, 2014
"Not many hearing people realize Deaf people have to fight for access on a daily basis."
Logos for the Black Weblog Awards, 2005-2011.
Events by Maurice Cherry on October 27th, 2014
The Black Weblog Awards looked like a big success. But harassment, a lack of funding, “allies”, and lukewarm community support made it a constant struggle to keep going.