Everyday poverty: inequality has dogged Latin American countries such as Brazil for decades.
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Entrenched inequality in most of Latin America has led to worsening poverty rates and increasing violence and instability/
Future of the planet is in our hands.
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The US mustn’t make the mistake of tackling these threats separately – or of trying to take a unilateral approach.
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Mining is not just a physical engineering process. It requires social engineering as well.
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Plans are being adopted and resolutions made, but moving forward means facing difficult truths about the past.
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One recommendation to fix inequity in Australia is for the government to fund non-government schools to the same degree as government schools, while banning them from charging fees.
The rights entrenched in South Africa’s progressive constitution work for some, but not those living in abject poverty.
Whites lived well under apartheid and it is not absurd for black leaders to want all to live in the same way.
All in this together?
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Since the pandemic began, we’ve surveyed ordinary people to see how they’re coping. People from poorer backgrounds, ethnic minorities and young people are suffering most.
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The key is ‘capability’, and the tips come from New Zealand.
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Persistent educational inequalities are a feature of schools, too – and schools and homeschooling operate in close relation to each other.
A man steps out of the trailer he lives in at a homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver in December 2020.
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Adopting a universal basic income requires a fundamental restructuring of the existing social safety net in Canada, and would not necessarily conquer income inequality and poverty.
U.S. reliance on food assistance is rising during the coronavirus pandemic as more people grapple with economic hardship.
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A food policy researcher helps make sense of the lexicon of US food policy terms, and explains how they relate to racial justice.
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The climate is changing and extreme weather disasters are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. It’s more important than ever to examine who is bearing the brunt of this change.
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Taking part in sport at university can bring huge benefits.
Women who work outside the home in Papua New Guinea often continue shouldering the same domestic and child care responsibilities as before.
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A new study explores how feelings of relative poverty can negatively affect gender dynamics among households.
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Nurseries play a hugely important role in local communities.
Volunteers prepare food bags for children left without free school meals during the holidays in October 2020.
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Spending decisions can often be explained by looking at who voted for the party in government.
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New Zealand’s government seems to trust scientists the most, the US government, the least.
Jacinda Ardern after claiming victory on election night in October 2020.
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The pandemic delivered a political year like no other. The risk now is that the country returns to a ‘normal’ that wasn’t working to start with.
Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in Advanced Placement courses in computer science.
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Racial disparities in the tech sector begin well before college.
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The omnibus law on job creation puts efforts to bring about social change to almost 24 million Indonesians living with a disability in reverse.