How Your Business Can Make Progress on Racial Equity
Racial Equity Work Requires More Than Changes to Hiring Organizations and industries attempting to reach racial equity have been focusing on increasing diversity in the workforce. Although well-intentioned, the practice is inadequate when fighting systemic racism and is merely the first
Turning Sustainability into a Competitive Race to the Top
We live in a world that is increasingly defined by competition – for resources, profits, shareholder value, and relevance. And while competition is often viewed negatively, it also has the potential to drive innovation, performance, and accountability. Consider the impact
Inequality: A Personal Take On Economic Indicators
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post has been submitted by SOAS Entitled Magazine. Money is one thing that dominates today’s world, being the most common indicator that is responsible for measuring our quality of life. We’re judged by our income in measuring one’s standard
Post-Apartheid Inequality in South Africa
Twenty-two years after the end of the apartheid government, South Africa has come has come a long way. A far higher proportion of the population has access to clean water and electricity, school attendance has greatly increased, and GDP reached an
SDG 1: Where Policy Meets Poverty with the McSilver Institute
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Dr. Mary McKay is the current director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University, where she has
Biases in the Trauma Bay
Never ask why they got shot. I received these words of advice from one of the supervising physicians on the first day of my trauma sub-internship. The next four weeks brought an average of two or three victims of violence each
Hank Willis Thomas- An Intersection of Art, Race and Identity
Hank Willis Thomas is a contemporary African-American photo-conceptual artist working primarily with themes of race, identity, history, advertising and popular culture. His work goes beyond just making art, to examining and exposing deeper divides in our culture. Thomas sees cultural disconnects everywhere in day-to-day