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David A. Graham writes a piece that examines the role of monuments dedicated to the Confederacy and the struggle to take them down. These monuments commemorate a society that explicitly enslaved people on the basis of race, in a manner inconsistent with modern values, yet the monuments persist. Graham articulates the connection between these monuments and race, and examines alternatives that might remember the Confederacy without glorifying it.

Tracey Ross discusses the many ways people of color are marginalized in the supposedly "meritocratic" tech world, including basic access to technology, pattern matching at venture capital firms, and more. 

Shanley Kane discusses the perils of becoming visible on the internet for marginalized people in tech. 

This article shares a lot of fundamental concepts and resources for those wanting to be better allies.

John Scalzi uses video games as a metaphor to discuss privilege. 

This piece discusses internet outrage as a productive tool for digital consciousness raising and for putting pressure on companies to behave better.

Kronda Adair writes about anger in social justice work--not as a harmful side effect, but as the primary driver of this work. 

This personal essay describes the intersecting microaggressions experienced by the author, a black trans man working in tech, and the negative impact they have on him and other marginalized people in tech. 

This article from Harvard Business Review by Todd L. Pittinsky posits that traditional diversity arguments have not convinced Silicon Valley about diversity's value because Silicon Valley is among the most innovative in technology while remaining the least diverse.

This article from McKinsey & Company by Vivian Hunt reports on the research which says that companies with greater diversity have greater financial returns.