Rescue workers arrive to Juchitán, Oaxaca, which was almost completely destroyed in Mexico’s September 7-8 earthquake.
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Shattered by powerful back-to-back earthquakes, Mexico is facing daunting damages across six states. Now Chiapas and Oaxaca, the country’s two poorest states, which were hit first, fear neglect.
Wealthy and healthy.
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More seniors are reporting good health in recent years, but gains are primarily among more advantaged groups.
The authorities don’t need a conviction or even for a suspect to be charged with a crime before seizing a car, cash or even a house.
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Politicians on the left and right object to this practice, which the Trump administration is championing.
The number of Australians with no savings has increased.
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Despite decades of economic growth and recent declines in income inequality, Australians are less financially resilient.
A decline in incomes for the top 20% has caused inequality to fall slightly.
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The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows inequality declining slightly as overall incomes stagnate.
A premature baby’s hand is held through an incubator.
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There are two common medications that prevent preterm birth – and poor black women often can’t access either one.
Children fly their kites on a demolished neighboyrhood in Jakarta. Studies show inequality and injustice are highly toxic to our health and wellbeing.
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Inequality is bad for all Indonesians, including the middle and upper classes, because it causes more violence, more people with mental illness and less chance for us to better our lives.
Despite the stereotypes, most obese Americans aren’t poor.
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The notion that obesity mostly afflicts the poor is a misconception.
Nearly one in 100 children are in care.
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Landmark dental findings are likely to be the tip of an iceberg.
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Inequality was the hot button issue at the triennial meeting of the world’s top economists.
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The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics.
An increase in the Newstart Allowance of well in excess of $50 a week is urgently needed.
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The minimum wage may be adequate for some low-paid workers – but this is clearly not the case for the woefully inadequate Newstart Allowance.
All students deserve a healthy lunch when they go to school.
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Students with unpaid meal debts have been experiencing some shaming policies at school. New rules are aimed at protecting these children, but the real solution may lie in free meals for all.
Mathias Cormann cast Labor’s alternative policies as a brake on upward income mobility between generations.
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A Labor government’s attack on the successful would lead to an exit from Australia, Mathias Cormann has claimed.
Race-neutral affirmative action can help identify first-generation students like Blanca Diaz and LaQuintah Garrett.
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Race-conscious admissions policies are still the best way to achieve diversity on campus. Yet, some race-neutral methods could help colleges improve diversity – and stand up to legal scrutiny.
Donald Trump may not have been the 1%’s preferred candidate, but he embodied its message.
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Making self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness an elite aberration has been a long-term project.
Could legal intimidation threaten race-conscious admissions in the U.S.?
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For colleges and universities that lack the multi-billion-dollar endowments of schools like Harvard, the mere threat of legal action may be enough to put an end to race-conscious admissions policies.
Research shows government payments are effective in reducing some of the inequality produced by factors beyond a person’s control.
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Inequality of opportunities accounts for roughly 8% of income inequality in Australia.
The debate about Africa’s middle class has largely ignored earlier analyses on African elites.
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We should be wary of simplified and sweeping explanations about the scope for potential social and political reforms the middle classes can promote.
Betsy Devos has been busy advancing a conservative education agenda since her confirmation earlier this year.
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From student loans to Title IX, Betsy DeVos has had a busy six months in office. But despite numerous reversals of Obama-era guidelines, little has come in the way of tangible policy.