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Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
Political activities on the University of the Witwatersrand campus in 1959.
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The 1986 research revealed that a large proportion of the community members surveyed thought that Wits served mainly white, corporate interests.
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Review chaired by Peter Shergold found that while the pandemic affected us all, its “burden was not shared equally”.
The financial strain many have faced during the pandemic will be compounded by the cost of living crisis.
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If governments fail to take action, the cost of living crisis will worsen the impact of the pandemic this winter, and vice versa.
A South African street vendor awaits customers. The country has some of the highest inequality in the world.
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An unfunded expansion of the social transfer system could lead to even worse economic outcomes — the medicine should not be worse than the disease.
Ian resulted in the deaths of at least 44 people in Florida and tens of billions of dollars in damage.
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Research on Hurricane Harvey found that flood insurance and strong social networks were key factors in determining how quickly people recovered, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Is it time to find new language to describe racial disparities in education?
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Two education researchers say one of the most widely used terms in school reform debates should be retired because of its potential to do more harm than good.
Protesters and police clash during a march against illegal immigrants in South Africa.
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Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
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The first interim report of the Commission’s five-yearly productivity inquiry glosses over inequity.
People trained in the informal sector are equally skilled or better than those who attended formal training.
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Skills training in Zimbabwe excludes students from poor backgrounds. The informal sector should be used as a training ground for them.
Best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich in a 2005 photo.
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The author, who died Sept. 1, 2022, inspired countless researchers to probe the injustices working people face.
Members of the Forward Marching Band perform at a HONK! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Oct. 7, 2017.
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Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
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Universities must help this cohort of students transition into higher education.
Fleeing to safety after a cyclone hits Bangladesh.
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When climate change is used to explain migration, social inequality is naturalised.
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Children from poorer backgrounds do worse at every stage of the education system.
Robert F Kennedy on the presidential campaign trail in 1968.
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Amid the global threats posed by climate change, spiralling energy costs, insecure employment and widening inequality, the need to rethink our notion of progress is now an urgent priority.
Workers harvesting crops in a Dutch East Indies’ plantation.
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Economic inequality during the Dutch East Indies era varied radically, depending on where you look. What made the income distribution different from one region to another?
Protests demanding better living in Angola have become common since 2011. This one was in November 2020.
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Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
The governing ANC’s policy proposals don’t inspire confidence.
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The deliberations were characterised by disingenuous, counter-factual policy pronouncements, and de facto denials of the ANC’s culpability in causing many of the current problems facing the country.
The quality of water services and infrastructure in South Africa has been on a downward trend.
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Water is a critical resource, enabling socio-economic development.