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Food stamps, an assistance program enacted in the 60s, helps more than 40 million Americans afford groceries. For many, this is the factor that determines whether a kid gets to eat that day. Trump’s budget cuts the program by more than 25%. That’s about 10 million fellow Americans who will be going to bed hungry. In an article for Christianity Today,…
Meet Resilient Coders (RC) tech advisor, Alec Ortega. Like many who work for RC, he has an unusual life story. “Do stuff” was the simple mantra that helped Ortega find a way back up when the bottom dropped out of life just after high school graduation. He had just come out to his parents and let’s just say they didn’t take…
Bradley Miles graduated college in February. Unlike many New Yorkers that choose high-power jobs (and insane work-hours), he stayed put and wrote a book. It’s called #BreakintoVC, and it’s a really useful guide that decodes the big world of venture capital. Miles may be young, but he ain’t a newbie to the VC game. In college he started Columbia’s first…
For many, success is achieved through college. For others, it’s defined by a guitar in their hands. Rock idol Bruce Springsteen opted out of the factory-working life that many of his peers followed and tapped into the vibrant interracial music scene of gritty Asbury Park, New Jersey, instead. The child of a lower-class family and a loner in school, it wasn’t…
Cyan is an entrepreneur who sees her career as a way to pave new opportunities for the formerly invisible. She’s a freakin’ legend in the tech world, known for her prescient investments in a lotta today’s hot shots, like Uber and SpaceX. Now she’s an investor for Founders Fund, a big SF-based investing company. She’s a smart cookie, and a…
No fancy phones. No apps. Arianna Gil and Sheyla Grullon – founders of NYC’s Brujas skate crew – are building a community of strong, lady heshers the old school way. Face to face and scar to scar. Born and raised in the city, Arianna and Sheyla started Brujas to carve out a space for women in the male-dominated world of…
Three Harvard grads want you to taste something: crickets. And guess what? You might like them. Rose Wang, Laura D’Asaro (pictured) and Merly Natow are the geniuses behind Chirps Chips, the first product from their company Six Foods, founded in 2013. The crazy idea came about after Rose and Laura happened to try bugs dishes during their travels. After liking…
Designer Shayne Oliver’s simple observation is becoming a fashion revolution. “Men’s wear is not glamorous. And women’s wear is. Why not mix them together?” Despite being one of the biggest new names in fashion, Oliver is kind of a loner. He grew up with his mom – a single mother – outside of Minneapolis. Because she had to work a…
Lunch shaming sucks. Period. If you grew up poor you probably know the feeling well. You’re standing in the lunch line at school hoping the person taking money is feeling nice, cause you got none. And not ‘I’m saving mine for after school’ none, but like none, none. And you’re 12, so it’s not like you can just go make…
Amid an exploding world population, water shortages, and poisoned-sprayed veggies, farming is struggling to keep up without burning out. Enter Bowery Farming, a brand new farming business in New Jersey that’s using tech to help renew the world’s oldest industry—agriculture. Their secret? Indoor LED lights and nutrient-heavy water. If you’re spooked by food that isn’t grown by the sun you’re…
