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Tom Haslett|What's Money For?

What’s money for?

Introducing a column about wealth, power, and purpose.

Katica Roy|Analysis

Why ethical AI is good business

Responsible algorithms minimize risk and return value at scale.

Katica Roy|Analysis

Minefields and maternity leave: why I fight a system that shuts out women and caregivers

A child of immigrants, I trusted that hard work and talent would always lead to success. Then, I became a breadwinner mom and saw just how high the cards are stacked.

Courtney L. McCluney, PhD|Essays

Rest as reparations: reimagining how we invest in Black women entrepreneurs

Black women entrepreneurs, who are outpacing other minority business owners, belong at the center of a bold new blueprint for reparations where rest — not production — prevails.

Katica Roy|Analysis

Why scaling back on equity is more than risky — it’s economically irresponsible

Under mounting pressure, major companies are slashing DEI efforts — and discovering that cutting equity can be costly.

Laboratory technician Dorothy Roland at work in a Centers for Disease Control laboratory, 1964. Source: Public Health Image Library

Katica Roy|Analysis

Mine the $3.1T gap: Workplace gender equity is a growth imperative in an era of uncertainty

May’s financial indicators reveal a U.S. economy in disarray. Corporate-sector gender inequity is a major reason why.

Ellen McGirt|Audio

Redesigning the Spice Trade: Talking Turmeric and Tariffs with Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri

Ellen McGirt|Audio

The New Era of Design Leadership with Tony Bynum

Ellen McGirt|Audio

A Mastercard for Pigs? How Digital Infrastructure is Transforming Farming and Fighting Poverty

Ellen McGirt|Essays

The advertising industry has work to do

Troubling testimony from Black talent in advertising shows an industry struggling with inclusion.

Cindy Chastain|Conversations

Design Observer x Mastercard

For three days in March, we gathered with some sixty people—designers and scholars, social entrepreneurs and independent consultants, creative leaders and senior practitioners from across a range of industries—to discuss the …