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Separating climate change and inequality won't work, says Biden's World Bank nominee

Ajay Banga, the next nominee to lead the World Bank, says it will take trillions of dollars of investment and global partnerships to meet the world's challenges.

WEKU

Cyclone Ilsa: how disasters, the housing crisis and underinsurance can conspire to worsen inequality

Most communities along the northwest coast of Western Australia appear to have dodged a bullet after Cyclone Ilsa made landfall overnight. While some structures, such as the Pardoo Roadhouse, were damaged, the destruction was less than we feared.

The Conversation

Myth of US individualism and inequality

“Often we think that if we are not happy, it’s our problem, and we just have to show more grit"

Salon

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How racism and inequality affect even 'desirable' EU migrants in the UK

Everyone knows Italy, as soon as you come here they’ll be like, “Oh Italian, cool! I’ve been there,” so it’s a way of chatting, breaking ice […] but I don‘t know if it’s the same for other foreigners. Like my friend from Bulgaria, if she says, “I’m from Bulgaria,” people…

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‘Income inequality’, ‘exclusive club’ and all the math on a strange English dailies campaign

Outnumbered in readership by the vernacular press, a section of the English print media has come up with a rather strange ad that seems to assert the stereotype of the English-speaking elite.

Newslaundry

Income inequality surges as richest group gets more than 90 per cent of the gains, Australia Institute finds

A new report suggests Australia is becoming more inequitable, with 93 per cent of pre-tax gains in the economy going to the top 10 per cent of earners.

ABC News

One million people in NSW living in poverty as inequality in Sydney deepens, research shows

New research based on census data indicates another 100,000 people in NSW have slipped into poverty since 2016 — and over half of them are aged over 65.

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Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Capital & Main

Australia’s richest captured 93% of economic growth between 2009 financial crisis and Covid, paper shows

Wealthiest 10% captured growth in company profits while most Australians watched their real wages shrink, Australia Institute finds

The Guardian - AU

Economic benefit going to rich ‘inequality on steroids’

A new report by the Australia Institute shows more than 90 per cent of economic benefits are going to the top 10 per cent of Australians.

The New Daily

'May cause serious side-effects': How medical school admissions can perpetuate inequality and reward privilege

Would-be physicians are often told that a winning medical school application requires stories about observing clinical care. Applicants’ quests to get clinical experiences — through, for example, physician shadowing, global health experiences or medical scribe work — can have harmful unintended consequences.

The Conversation

Economic benefit going to rich 'inequality on steroids'

A new report by the Australia Institute shows more than 90 per cent of economic benefits are going to the top 10 per cent of Australians.

AAP

Ditching a friend who is not like you can deepen social inequality

Since the 2016 presidential election, news accounts and scientific research have illustrated how defriending, a term originally associated with dropping Facebook friends, echoes in our broader, offline social lives. And what may seem like a simple decision to cut off a difficult relationship may actually deepen divisions in society.

The Conversation

Research finds UK is far from a ‘racially just society’

The research found more than one in three people from minority backgrounds have experienced racially motivated physical or verbal abuse.

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Social inequality 'hampers health'

Social inequality remains an obstacle in the provision of health care. As such, countries should not only focus on the financial aspect of universal health coverage but also empowering people, according to Jos Vandelaer, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Thailand.

The Guardian - UK

Britain ‘not close to being a racially just society’, finds two-year research project

Exclusive: More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minorities have experienced racially motivated assault, data shows

Bristol Post

Changing Bristol's community charity merry-go-round - how one group is funding from the grassroots up

"Redistro’s aim is to challenge inequality of wealth and power and to create positive alternatives"

Tribune News Service

Gap between US Black and white unemployment drops to record low

The gap between the Black and White unemployment rate — a closely watched benchmark of inequality in the labor market — shrank to its narrowest level on record in March as African Americans saw outsize gains in employment.

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The Club of Rome's New Malthusianism-Lite Report

No overpopulation doom but humanity is still at risk by overstepping planetary boundaries.

The Conversation

What is 'eldest daughter syndrome' and how can we fix it?

Have you heard of “eldest daughter syndrome”? It’s the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take on (and are encouraged to take on) in many families from a young age.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: America's decline in life expectancy speaks volumes about our problems

Years of widening economic inequality, compounded by the pandemic and political storm and stress, have given Americans the impression that the country is on the wrong track. Now there's empirical data to show just how far the country has run off the rails: Life expectancies have been falling.

The Conversation

Why Finland is the happiest country in the world – an expert explains

Finland has been the happiest country on earth for the past six years, according to the World Happiness Survey. This survey relies on the Cantril ladder life evaluation question:

The Guardian - UK

Rain Dogs review – no wonder Daisy May Cooper is being touted as the next M in Bond

The actor is magnificent in this bleak, beautiful comedy drama – which skewers the grotesque realities of class and sex inequality like nothing else

The Conversation

Green energy: South Africa’s transition plan must be careful not to deepen inequality – the 3 top issues

Since the UN Climate Change Agreement was signed by 196 nations in December 2015, many countries have announced policies to reduce their fossil fuel emissions.

The Conversation

Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it

Rates of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand remain stubbornly high, despite the issue being the focus of considerable political attention while Jacinda Ardern was prime minister.

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