One’s sense of agency starts at work. Let’s democratize the workplace! With just two weeks remaining until the 2020 Election, we’re being reminded to vote with more urgency than ever. In an election as pivotal as the one that lies before us, in a year as unprecedented as 2020, it’s no wonder that we’re being …
Op-Ed Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF Now that we’re fully into the “Holiday Season” – that time stretching from Halloween to New Years – and considering this is the last edition of this publication for 2020, I thought it would be worth reflecting on something that is central to the history of Westernized …
Monica Plawecki, SMSBF Staff Writer As the end of 2020 quickly approaches, many of us are looking forward to the New Year and the potential for a “fresh start,” politically speaking. With a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, a new Presidential administration assuming office–and with it, an expected shift toward more progressive, socially just, and …
By: Monica Plawecki, SMSBF Staff Writer With the outcome of the 2020 presidential election now decided, many of us have been able to breathe a temporary sigh of relief in an otherwise tense time in our nation’s history. Yet even as voters have chosen a new President to lead our country through the ongoing pandemic, …
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Op-Ed Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF The title of this article may be a bit jarring: What does “political thinking” have to do with business? When it comes to leadership, political thinking has everything to do with business, because it is within the framework of political thinking that the business leader finds truth …
Op-Ed Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF The word “democracy” comes from the ancient Greeks; it literally means “rule of the common people”. Getting to a more perfect manifestation of the word democracy is complex; it is perhaps why – in our nation – we struggle with things such as the role of the …
by: A.C. Nomen, Staff Writer Considering what will happen twenty days from now, it’s likely the age-old tradition of gathering together for holiday celebrations will be one of the most difficult. Engaging in conversations with family members, some of whom harbor ideas that don’t necessarily jive with our own, are difficult under “normal” circumstances, let …
Essay by: Eileen Gao, Student Intern, Cornell University Democratizing education, democratizing data, democratizing work—all these phrases apply democracy to areas beyond government to mean increasing access in order to increase equality. The phrase “democratizing work” caught my eye in particular. The COVID-19 pandemic has had particularly devastating effects on work as millions of Americans lost …
Essay by A.C. Nomen, Staff Writer Jefferson once said, “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” This certainly makes sense, and if true, what does last night’s debate say about us? If you managed to endure the 90-minute breakdown in civility – which amounted to a series of denouncements, diatribes and maligned disputations, …
Op-Ed Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF This month, our newsletter is focused on “labor”, and I thought it would make sense to wrestle a bit with the more fundamental aspects of our system and where labor fits within it. To begin, by labor we mean the collective of folks who “do work”. What …
