Sherrell Dorsey

Oct 13, 2021

Leaving the party: Award-winning author Julia Turshen on what comes after success

What kind of life becomes possible once you've achieved your dreams?

Feb 24, 2021

Breaking the Dam, with Sameer Gardezi

Sameer Gardezi likes to tell stories and his most beloved project is his biggest yet—rewriting Hollywood altogether.

Apr 20, 2021

Doers, Makers, and Manifesters: Talking with Cannaclusive founder Mary Pryor

Despite its transformative potential, the cannabis industry has a huge equity problem.

May 14, 2021

Albrey Brown hopes we never have to have this conversation again

Airtable's head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is ready for tech culture to change

Jul 23, 2021

For Holden Page, director of FinLedger, business writing is changing tech for the better

He's an optimist in a habitually gloomy industry

Aug 14, 2021

Kim Roxie: What I don’t know is the future

The Houston-based entrepreneur transformed her company from a brick and mortar business into a beautytech brand with the potential to go global by embracing the unknown.

Sep 8, 2021

VCs are *still* ignoring Black founders. What can we do now?

The authors of a new book on the history and future of diversity in venture capital break some of the industry’s biggest secrets and reveal its most entrenched problems

Oct 6, 2020

Using Commerce to Understand Everything

How Web Smith maps the connections between race, commerce, and history.

Nov 23, 2020

Julie Elberfeld is listening

A hard look at leadership inspired a longtime CIO to transform diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the tech industry.

Sep 10, 2020

Monique Woodard’s Paradox

How the founder of Cake Ventures invests to create progress

Dec 18, 2020

“The work better be right:” The data kingdom of Jeremy Singer-Vine

The National Magazine Award winner and Buzzfeed News data editor relies on transparency, generosity, and collaboration to hold power accountable

Jan 22, 2021

Leadership is a Verb

Leigh-Ann Buchanan is shaping a new generation of innovators

Feb 9, 2021

Welcome to Free Radicals

A very belated welcome to Free Radicals. When we launched this newsletter in September of 2020, we just sent it out into the world without really taking a moment to stop and properly introduce ourselves.