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'Can I finish my question?': Audience member clashes with Reform MSP in live debate

A YOUNG audience member challenged Reform UK Scotland depute leader Thomas Kerr over wealth inequality during a heated exchange on Debate Night

The National (Scotland) · Oct 8

IMF chief urges countries to do more to curb debt and regulate AI

The head of the International Monetary Fund says countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the AI boom and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 7

Climate change a gender inequality 'magnifying glass'

Australia must use its role at COP31 to centre the needs of girls and women, who can be disproportionately impacted in the aftermath of climate disasters.

AAP · Oct 6

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The global panel on inequality needs African evidence: here’s how it could work

World leaders have been asked to support a proposed International Panel on Inequality. Brazil, Norway, South Africa and Spain, together with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, made the call on the margins of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York in September 2026.

The Conversation · Oct 6

Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated

On the shores of Lake Eyasi in Northern Tanzania, a small number of people still hunt and gather their food. Today a Hadza hunter has taken down an animal – a kudu. He can’t carry it by himself, so he cuts his poisoned arrow from its flank, covers the carcass…

The Conversation · Oct 3

India should tax capital income, not wealth or inheritance: Economist Daniel Waldenstrom

India should focus on taxing capital income, such as corporate profits and dividends, to address inequality. Economist Daniel Waldenstrom supports taxing capital income rather than imposing wealth or inheritance taxes. He suggests that high taxes may discourage saving and investment, which is crucial for economic growth. Broader access to education…

The Economic Times · Oct 3

Good News From Around the World: Innovations Creating Positive Change

Good news can feel scarce because progress rarely arrives with the drama of a crisis. It often appears as a better process, a cheaper tool or a local idea that quietly reaches more people. None of that erases war, inequality or environmental risk. It does show that difficult problems are…

inkl · Oct 2

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Can AI play a role in reducing inequality?

In the debate about how best to regulate artificial intelligence, what about its role in development and aid? Warnings about the potential for exacerbating inequality are rife – but the World Bank argues that the technology could be harnessed for good.

France 24 · Oct 2

AI often leaves out minority languages – but some communities are turning it into a lifeline

There’s plenty of warranted anxiety about the effect artificial intelligence (AI) will have on social and economic inequality.

The Conversation · Sep 28

When the Wife Starts Earning More: The Silence That Settles Into an Indian Marriage

The Month the Numbers ChangeYou find out on a Tuesday. The offer letter is open on your laptop, and the number is larger than you expected, larger than his, and your first feeling is not pride. It is a quick, specific dread, the kind that arrives before thought does. You…

Times Life · Sep 25

UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis

UN secretary-general, António Guterres, used his final address to the general assembly to recast the world’s crises as a single problem. War, inequality, the climate emergency and artificial intelligence, he argued, are not separate crises but chapters of the same story. That story, as he told it, is the story…

The Conversation · Sep 24

Leaders join push to create UN body to tackle ‘awful reality’ of inequality

Body would be modelled on climate panel and recognise inequality as a global challenge threatening world security

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Bernie Sanders Warns AI Could 'Eliminate Tens of Millions of Jobs' in Fiery Speech on Billionaires and Inequality

At Riverside Church in New York, Bernie Sanders warned AI could displace tens of millions of jobs and called for government oversight of Big Tech.

International Business Times UK · Sep 23

Oxfam shop discovers rare Chinese Bible worth far more than expected

A rare 2-volume Bible donated to an Oxfam bookshop in Chelmsford, Essex, sold for £56,280 at auction after volunteers spotted it in a pile of donations. Dating from 1815 to 1822, the Bible contains a Chinese translation produced by missionaries John Lassar and Joshua Marshman and was printed in Serampore,…

The Times of India · Sep 23

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France 24 · Sep 22

Guterres pleads for 'world built on interdependence' in final General Assembly address

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” Tuesday as he made his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders convening to face a formidable menu of challenges, from climate change and war to inequality and the rise of artificial intelligence.

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Morocco holds elections after mass migration attempts and deadly youth protests. Here's what to know

Moroccan voters are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, with a focus on jobs, wages, and inequality

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22

Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero

Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved

The Guardian - US · Sep 21

We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse

Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy

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Bored Panda · Sep 21

New York Times Journalist Sent Her Daughter To Struggling Schools As A “Sacrifice,” But It Brutally Backfired

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones chose struggling public schools for her daughter, hoping to fight inequality. She admitted regretting the decision years later.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality

More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’

The Economic Times · Sep 17

In 2011, 'Occupy Wall Street' started in New York, prompting similar protests around the U.S., world, decade later Manhattan lady was rich by $431,000

Occupy Wall Street quickly became known for the slogan “We are the 99%,” which was used to express concerns about the distribution of wealth and economic opportunity in the United States. Protesters sought to draw public attention to financial inequality and what they viewed as the influence of powerful financial…

The Conversation · Sep 16

UK government’s new ‘class unit’ promises to tackle inequalities – but it’s a risky strategy

Inequality has been debated in British politics for decades, often with a reluctance to address class issues. Bridget Phillipson, the minister for women and equalities, thinks this needs to change. Announcing the government’s new class unit, she argued that Britain has been “squeamish about class for too long”.

The Conversation · Sep 14

School choice proponents say it offers families more options – but those don’t always extend to immigrant students

Educators, politicians and education observers have long debated school choice.

The Times of India · Sep 12

16-year-old uses AI to map pollution and drive countywide policy change

When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill…

The Times of India · Sep 11

Japan’s feminists use ‘cute’ fashion to confront rape, harassment and sexism

During a recent three-hour performance called “Unite”, nine women dressed in pink, white and black portrayed revolutionaries fighting an artificial intelligence ruler called “Big Father”. They shouted slogans including “war for women” and tore apart AI-generated images of men. The group’s work comes as Japan continues to struggle with sexual…

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