![Two United States-based efforts are exploring the concept of a digital fiat dollar in an era when cash isn’t king anymore [File: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dollar.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Two major research projects are under way to see if the US central bank should begin minting digital money.
![Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos hands over the reins to his successor on Monday, marking the end of an era at the internet giant supercharged by new business growth [File: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/356134813.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Admirers laud the Amazon empire Bezos built, but labour activists and monopoly watchdogs question how he did it.
!['Mount Recyclemore' is an artwork depicting the G7 leaders looking towards Carbis Bay in Cornwall, where western leaders are meeting to discuss myriad challenges, from fending off autocratic governments and global warming to the lingering coronavirus pandemic and unbalanced trade relations [File: Tom Nicholson/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-08T133723Z_1698535814_RC2CWN9I8OJ0_RTRMADP_3_G7-SUMMIT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
G7 leaders are meeting to rally democratic spirits and develop deals on global taxes and COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
![New Black Wall Street’s goal is to increase by 50 percent the number of minorities with FICO credit scores of 700 or greater — which is considered 'good' by lenders — and, in the next two decades, increase median Black household wealth in the United States to $165,000 [Courtesy of New Black Wall Street]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/100_For_100.png?resize=270%2C180)
Non-profits aim to close the racial wealth gap by boosting financial literacy on subjects ranging from crypto to stocks.
![Shareholders of ExxonMobil pulled off a resounding win against the company’s management on Wednesday by electing at least two out of four candidates for board seats selected by activist investors [File: Jim Young/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/exxon.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Environmental defeats against ExxonMobil and Shell show energy giants could be forced to decarbonise more aggressively.
![A demonstrator wears a protective mask during a failed Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) drive to unionise Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, the United States [File: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/367952510.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Efforts to elevate labour concerns come amid allegations of monopolistic practices and environmental racism.
![Black activists are fusing calls for racial justice with climate action and proposing what they call a Red Black & Green New Deal [File: John Minchillo/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP20362545817482.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
One year after the murder of George Floyd, Al Jazeera examines the intersection of racial and climate justice.
![A guest purchases a ticket in front of a box office at AMC movie theatre in Lincoln Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 6, 2021 [File: Jeenah Moon/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/3_USA-BOXOFFICE.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Governor Andrew Cuomo says state’s restart critical, but urges New Yorkers to keep taking proper COVID precautions.
![Bitcoin is far from the only environmental villain in the crypto space, because there are plenty of other tokens that also rely on energy-sucking proof of work (PoW) consensus mechanisms to validate transactions and mint new coins [File: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-02-10T000000Z_1418103204_RC2MPL97BMNU_RTRMADP_3_CRYPTO-CURRENCY-TESLA-CLIMATE.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Bitcoin and Ether are the most environmentally unfriendly crypto tokens, but there are alternatives.
![Rondo was once home to 80 percent of the Black community in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the United States, but 60 years ago, the community and its culture were displaced when highway Interstate 94 was built [File: Jim Mone/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP100226187753.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
ReConnect Rondo is pushing for a $460m land bridge to support Black-owned enterprises and right historical wrongs.