AI & Work

Analysis of how AI, automation, technology, skills, and labor shifts are reshaping Black workers, businesses, creators, and institutions.

Black professional working with AI productivity systems as rising output contrasts with workers receiving a smaller share of economic production.

AI & Work

August 7, 2026

America Is Getting More Productive. Workers Are Getting a Smaller Share of What They Produce.

Two proposed hyperscale data centers near Cape Town with electrical infrastructure, water meters, utility plans and residents examining the project’s public resource cost.

July 29, 2026

Cape Town Approved a 170-Megawatt Data-Center Project. The Community Still Does Not Know the Full Resource Cost.

Editorial image showing workplace data, demographic reporting, and civil rights enforcement at risk as EEOC rules shift.

July 8, 2026

When Workplace Data Disappears, Discrimination Gets Harder to Prove

Black creator at a laptop beside an AI Creator Protection Checklist with icons for likeness, voice, IP, contracts, audience, and ownership.

June 17, 2026

The AI Creator Protection Checklist: What to Do Before Posting More Content Online

Black creator directing AI workflow from content to IP, licensing, audience, and ownership at a digital workstation.

June 15, 2026

From AI Exploitation to AI Ownership: Why Black Creators Need to Learn the Tools Now

June 12, 2026

AI Policy Is Becoming Economic Policy. This Framework Shows Why Data, Labor, and Ownership Matter

Black woman creator stands in front of a glowing phone screen showing a blurred AI-generated double, symbolizing AI blackface, platform profit, and creator exploitation.

June 11, 2026

AI Blackface Is Becoming a Business Model — And Black Women Are Carrying the Cost

Editorial image showing a Black church leader in a sanctuary with livestream technology, online giving, digital dashboards, and a community tech workshop to represent the Black Church as digital economic infrastructure.

June 4, 2026

The Black Church and the Digital Economy

Editorial image showing a confident Black professional between real-world labor scenes and AI ownership dashboards to represent the future of Black work, automation, productivity, and economic power.

June 4, 2026

AI and the Future of Black Work: What Gets Automated, Who Benefits, Who Pays

Split-screen illustration of a neglected Black neighborhood beside a gentrified one, highlighting economic inequality with rising financial charts and construction cranes.

July 9, 2025

Is AI About to Cost Black Workers $43 Billion a Year? Here’s What McKinsey Warns