Competition between neighbours, rather than between strangers living far apart, amplifies inequality. This can lead to homicide and civil war.
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Competition between neighbours turns up the volume on inequality. Homicide and civil war may be the result.
A Georgia penitentiary in 1911.
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Digitized state records help to tell the stories of African-American prisoners in the 19th and 20th century.
More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP for groceries.
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Cutting the program formerly known as food stamps would hurt low-income Americans and the whole economy.
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Many young South African mothers who deserve to get the child support grant are excluded.
Dumped waste is a constant eyesore on the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub.
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Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society’s ethos.
The flaws in the political settlement that ended apartheid need urgent attention.
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Mandela’s reconciliation message may have partly reflected his view of the world. But it was also a product of his party, the ANC.
Karl Marx Monument in Chemnitz, in eastern Germany.
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A scholar of literary radicalism asks whether Marx’s writings are at all relevant to the world’s struggles with inequality today and why he’s no longer being relegated to the dustbin of history.
The ANC has had an exceptionally poor track record of governance.
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The removal of Jacob Zuma from power is to be welcomed but, it’s not the answer to South Africa’s problems.
Every patient is different.
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Each person experiences pain differently, depending on his or her genetic makeup. That makes it difficult to figure out what treatments patients need.
Strikes are a common sight in South Africa. Data helps to put them in context.
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Data reveals that South Africa’s strike action is lower than many other countries, and not as prolonged as politicians claim.
Those born between 1941 and 1950, show an increase in average incomes between 1995-96 and 2005-06, and then a decline as they enter retirement.
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When it comes to incomes, millennials in Australia haven’t fallen behind.
Protesters in Rio de Janeiro walk with a sign reading ‘Marielle lives’.
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Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
Organic? Conventional? Genetically modified? Decisions, decisions.
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Affluent consumers may have more access to information about food than lower-income earners, but they are just as vulnerable to misinformation and pseudoscience.
Pensioner Katherine Boyi, left, with donated blankets and Agnes Makhubela, with donated maize meal, in Doornkop, Soweto.
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Stories from the ground highlighted the unmet needs of people who are vulnerable and who are left behind.
The poor continue to be drowned out by a global minority enjoying elite status.
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Inequality is decried at campaign rallies and in the global commentariat. But little is being done at any policy level.
Where Davis meets King.
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When activists have sought to rename main thoroughfares that don’t serve just primarily black neighborhoods, they have faced many challenges.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
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King Jr., remembered today mainly for his non violent resistance, was a radical reformer who called for a fundamental redistribution of economic power and resources .
People in remote areas use the internet much less for entertainment and formal education compared to their urban counterparts.
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The people who have the most to gain from the extraordinary resources of the internet are missing out, including those not employed, older Australians and migrants from non-English speaking countries.
Postcard of the Napa State Hospital in Napa, Calif., circa 1905. Over 1,900 Californians were recommended for sterilization while patients here.
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About 20,000 Californians were once sterilized under state eugenics laws. New research shows Latinos were disproportionately targeted. Is there any opportunity today to address these wrongs?
A naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles.
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How Americans decide who can come into the country and who can stay reflects beliefs about what makes people worthy of opportunity.