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US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

The Conversation

Census: Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped

Income inequality in the U.S. increased last year for the first time in more than a decade

The Independent UK

Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement

Have you heard of Jaz Brisack, Liz Fong-Jones and Chris Smalls?

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The untold story of a mid-20th century group of women fighting for equality in marriage -- and why it matters today

In 1938, a group of feminist agitators came together in London to tackle what they saw as the most pressing issue of their time: inequality in marriage. For the Married Women’s Association, the right to vote – won for women over 30 in 1918 – was just the beginning of…

The Conversation

Caste and regional imbalance plaguing M.P., says Uma Bharti

BJP leader warns that ‘inequality could lead to anarchy’

The Hindu

Erika D. Smith: In this Black Lives Matter family feud, we'll get transparency. But at what cost?

On Aug. 30, the venerable Pew Research Center released a report summing up the opinions of Black Americans, specifically our thoughts about racial inequality and the prospects for systemic social change.

Los Angeles Times

The link between mental health and social conditions

Letters: Readers and healthcare professionals respond to Dr Sanah Ahsan’s article which argued that for too long, the dominant mental health narrative has located problems in individuals, and not in social injustice or inequality

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Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times

Americans don’t agree on much these days, but many feel that the U.S. is on the wrong track and the future is bleak. In a time of unprecedented division, rising inequality and intensifying climate change, it’s easy to feel that progress is impossible.

The Conversation

WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality

In a recent study South Africa was identified as ranking first of 164 countries in the World Bank’s global poverty database. Underlying this inequality is its very high rates of unemployment. Professor Dori Posel spoke to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about why trade is important…

The Conversation

US school voucher programs have caught on – but are they funneling public dollars in private schools?

In the last two years, more than 20 states have started or expanded voucher programs, seizing on frustration with pandemic schooling and culture wars

The Guardian - US

Tackling inequality key to climate fight

Tackling inequality is key to securing the public support needed to overhaul the global economy and reverse climate change, an update to the landmark 50-year-old computer simulation of environmental stress has found.

The Hindu

Tackling inequality key to climate fight - study

Reuters

Barbara Ehrenreich never stopped trying to change the world

We’ve just lost one of the world’s finest writers about inequality and class – and the business of being alive in the United States today. Barbara Ehrenreich, best known for her “classic of social justice literature”, Nickel and Dimed, died on Thursday, aged 81.

The Conversation

More than 20,000 back stinging call for new PM to resolve WASPI dispute - letter in full

Members of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign have called on Ms Truss and Ms Sunak to rethink and help an estimated 3.6 million women born in the 1950s impacted by the shake-up

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‘People don’t want to hear about it’: how the pandemic shaped Sweden’s politics

Inequality and national identity are high on the agenda as the country votes. But few want to heed Covid’s lessons

Reuters

Chile's constitution vote puts Andean country at historic crossroads

Chileans are set for a historic decision on Sunday: stick with a market-friendly constitution dating back to military dictator Augusto Pinochet or approve a progressive new text that promises to shake up the Andean country's political and social fabric.

Birmingham Post

Google gives 40 black-led UK start-ups share of £3m

The tech giant's Black Founders Fund aims to tackle racial inequality in venture capital funding

Reason

Pro-American Propaganda on Social Media Had Little Impact—Just Like Russian Propaganda on Social Media

Plus: Chinese censorship targets feminists, a new view of income inequality, and more...

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: tax cuts to ‘turbocharge inequality’, parental leave call, sea level rise locked in

Tuesday: A new analysis shows the $243bn in tax cuts, due to start in 2024, would benefit Australia’s richest 1% as much as the poorest 65% combined. Plus: moon rocket launch delayed

The Guardian - AU

We cannot squander this moment. Australia must tackle the structural issues behind women’s inequality

The post-pandemic lessons of care feminism seem to have sunk in, but if we do not seize the moment now, we may waste a historic opportunity

Newsroom.co.nz

The jostling winners in a dog-eats-dog high inflation world

The cost of living is increasing at its fastest rate since 1990. Inequality means more status competition, as people jostle in a high-stakes economy.

Salon

Can Western "culture" survive its myths?

We all know our society faces existential crisis. Rethinking our cultural values might just help us survive it

The Conversation

A £15 national minimum wage won't tackle the cost of living crisis — an economist explains why

Since it was introduced 23 years ago, the national minimum wage has raised the incomes of millions of Britons and reduced inequality.

Chicago Sun-Times

In climate jobs era, here’s what Inflation Reduction Act means for Illinois workers

This new climate jobs stimulus will tip the scales and help us tackle the climate crisis while beginning to reverse 40 years of wage stagnation and widening racial inequality.

Tribune News Service

One in 10 Bay Area neighborhoods is ‘highly segregated’ enclave of White wealth, new report says

While California's Bay Area has long been championed as one of America’s most diverse regions, a new report describes it as deeply segregated with pockets of concentrated White wealth that are driving socioeconomic inequality.

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