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Bossware Is Coming for You: Worker Surveillance Technology Is Everywhere
Technology enables companies to monitor their employees constantly. But workers are organizing to fight back.
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Giving the Power of Data Back to Rideshare Drivers
Data is power, and rideshare drivers are at a disadvantage when corporations keep them in the dark. Driver’s Seat Cooperative is working to give data and power back to workers.
Archiving Indigenous History
Native Bound Unbound is digitally documenting the long-overlooked history of enslaved Indigenous people throughout the Americas.
Conjuring Liquid Gold from Air
The nonprofit Dar Si Hmad utilizes the ancient technology of fog harvesting to address water scarcity in Morocco.
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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact
Many argue that the social sector lacks data due to capacity, technology, and funding constraints. But what if there’s something more systemic going on?
Reading List: Labor, Tech, and the Future of Work
Ahead of SSIR’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers, here’s a collection of articles and books exploring the risks of tech innovation and what is needed to build a better, more worker-centered digital economy.
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Sharpening Our Tools
An excerpt from The Toolbox on how community organizing is evolving in the 21st century
Telemedicine in Ukraine Is Showing That High-Tech Isn’t Always Better
We’re seeing remarkable advances in telemedicine stemming from the international aid response to the war in Ukraine. What have we learned that could be applied in the United States and globally?
Technology on the Farm
Outgrow combines digital technologies and India’s ancient agricultural wisdom to support small-scale farmers.