Equity Observer
Equity is an essential lens that reveals how design intersects with objects, places, people, and the planet. Equity Observer spotlights the people, projects, and ideas that aim to reshape systems and create a fairer, more beautiful world.
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Sheena Medina|Democracy
What now?
We are here, undeterred in our purpose, and more committed than ever.
L’Oreal Thompson Payton|Essays
‘Misogynoir is a distraction’: Moya Bailey on why Kamala Harris (or any U.S. president) is not going to save us
Ellen McGirt|Democracy
New kids on the bloc?
Equity, race relations, preserving Black history, and saving democracy are top of mind.
Ellen McGirt|Essays
I’m looking for a dad in finance
It’s Nobel Prize season. (Big dramatic sigh.)
Ellen McGirt|Design and Climate Change
What will we do when all the levees break?
Ellen McGirt|Audio
S11E8: Poetry is Anti Capitalist with Tracy K. Smith
In this episode of DB|BD, hosts Jessica Helfand and Ellen McGirt sit down with Smith to talk through the writing process of two of her most recent works.
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