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From the award-winning race, business, and culture editor Ellen McGirt, Equity Observer is a twice-weekly look at the people and ideas working toward a fairer, better, and more beautiful world.

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You can also expect:

  • A year-long investigation into democracy in the U.S, focusing on voting access, gerrymandering, and ballot design
  • The latest thinking on inclusive leadership, directly from senior leaders, researchers, and experts
  • Key developments in artificial technology and related algorithmic tech
  • A focus on the human side of transformation — hope, healing, empathy, and (actual) self-care
  • Ongoing coverage of the legal challenges to inclusion initiatives in business and public life
  • Best practices to engage diverse and divergent voices in meaningful dialogue

To get a sense, check out the Design Observer Twenty: The Redesigners, a now annual list of remarkable people, projects, and big ideas solving an urgent social need.

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The Observatory

Come for the inspiration, stay for the joy. Curated by Design Observer editors and contributors for our community of more than 20,000 makers, thinkers, leaders, and wayfinders, this twice-monthly roundup features essays, news, opinion, global insights, and pithy observations on design and life. It’s guaranteed to stir the creative spirit.

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