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'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.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Bangkok Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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"

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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.

Tribune News Service

The Club of Rome's New Malthusianism-Lite Report

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

Reason

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.

The Conversation

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.

Los Angeles Times

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

Unforgotten series five, episode six recap – justice is served!

This angrily ambitious reset took on generational trauma, social inequality, austerity’s devastating impact – and pulled it all off masterfully. Roll on series six…

Tribune News Service

This Florida church is too political, IRS complaint says

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Allendale United Methodist Church bills itself as a “social justice, anti-racist, LGBTQ affirming congregation of believers.” Its pastor, the Rev. Andy Oliver, has led the way, speaking out on inequality and perceived injustices behind and beyond the pulpit.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf must make reversing Scotland's drug shame a top priority

Record View says there’s a big difference between talking and delivering on health, education, inequality – and drugs policy.

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New National Minimum Wage rise starting this weekend set to give nearly two million workers pay boost

Hourly pay rates will rise to £10.42 for workers aged 23 and over from April 1.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The medical debt burden

The legacy of more than two centuries of inequality that haunts Virginia and other Southern states affects us more than we may realize.

The Independent UK

Living wage increase to benefit around 1.7 million workers

The lowest-paid workers are set to enjoy a ‘rare’ real-terms pay boost, says think tank.

Evening Standard

Welcome to powerhouse London, the model for inclusive start-ups

Major investor says businesses need to look beyond success and embrace the city’s inequality. Lucy Tobin gets the lowdown

Fortune

Think salary transparency will cause outright war among your workers? Think again.

But it's bad news for workplaces where salary transparency unveils inequality

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Against all odds’: Field Museum explains evolution of social inequality through Balkan artifacts

With more than 700 pieces from 26 different institutions in 11 countries, ‘First Kings of Europe’ details humanity’s journey from equality to hierarchy.

ABC News

National survey on attitudes toward domestic violence shows widespread misunderstanding of issue

Almost half of Australians incorrectly believe women and men equally commit domestic violence according to a major survey which shows "extremely troubling" community attitudes towards violence against women.

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