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COMING SOON
by frank
April 5, 2021
April 2021 | Philanthropy
April 2021 | Philanthropy
A note from the editors,
On March 29, Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama will vote on forming a union with RWDSU. Alabama, like many Southern states, is a right-to-work state. Employees may work in a unionized workplace without having to pay dues, making it harder for unions to survive.
With a large media presence and growing political support [President Biden directly addressed the vote in a video on February 28] the vote in Bessemer has the potential to break from the tumultuous labor history in The South and to shape a new narrative of working in the US.
In collaboration with Payday Report, March looks at the changing South through direct interviews with organizers, union workers, union busters, and a historical conversation about American workers.
-frank
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A Note From The Editors
by frank
January 7, 2020
The having or not having of money in America is subjective — yet it’s inextricable from our identity and self-worth.
No nation-wide system is perfect, but the legacy of finance in America is particularly suspect. $34 billion dollars in overdraft fees were collected by banks last year. The average ATM fee is $5.
Technology has disrupted many asymmetrical industries — it seems money could be next on the chopping block. Bitcoin specifically, and cryptocurrencies generally, represent a radical reimagining of value and how it moves around the world.
Bitcoin has no master. There is no state or CEO. The only rules that apply are those of math, and the only gatekeeper is information and knowledge. With all of this democracy, it represents as much of a political and social movement as it does a technological one.
This month, a history of money and how it relates to the invention and rise of Bitcoin, the critical issues surrounding cryptocurrencies, and projects that work to use this new type of money to inventive ends.
- Tatti & Clare