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IMF urges UK government to reconsider tax-cutting plans

International Monetary Fund says measures should target households worst affected by energy crisis and inflation

The Guardian - UK

Older people left out as UN speeches repeatedly invoke young

As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the U.N. General Assembly, world leaders have largely left out mention of the planet’s aging population

The Independent UK

Thousands will die in cold homes this winter without pension justice, peer fumes

Baroness Glenys Thornton, shadow equalities minister in the House of Lords, said it was "shamefull" that an estimated 3.6 million women whose pension age was unexpectedly raised have not been compensated as she addressed members of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign

Daily Mirror

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Cauvery dispute: Absence of Central govt. action prompted Supreme Court to assert authority, says author

Leela Fernandes’s ‘Governing Water in India: Inequality, Reform and the State’ chronicles inter-State river water-sharing disputes of Tamil Nadu with neighbouring Karnataka and Kerala

The Hindu

Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity

Every five years the Productivity Commission is charged with examining everything that can be done to lift Australia’s productivity.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer, if you really believe in a Labour government, tell us why we should believe in it too

With Truss fuelling poverty and inequality, Starmer needs to show he’s ready for a titanic battle, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

OneLove campaign not enough to address Qatar issues before World Cup, insist human rights campaigners

Human rights campaigners have criticised the Football Association’s (FA) OneLove campaign, saying it does not do enough to address inequality and discrimination in Qatar.

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Rising support for increased taxes and public spending amid inequality concerns

The public is supportive of Government cost-of-living intervention at a similar scale to its actions during the pandemic, research suggests.

The Independent UK

Gates Foundation prods UN, honors inspiration as Goalkeepers

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates combined characteristic optimism with sobering questions about persistent gender inequality and hunger at an event the Gateses’ foundation convened on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly

The Independent UK

Governments' use of automated decision-making systems reflects systemic issues of injustice and inequality

In 2019, former UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said he was worried we were “stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia.” He had been researching how government agencies around the world were turning to automated decision-making systems (ADS) to cut costs, increase efficiency and target resources. ADS are technical systems…

The Conversation

The era of low interest rates is ending – its legacy is inequality and toxic politics

Over the past 14 years, older homeowners have continued to benefit – creating an unpleasant form of economic progress, says sociologist and political economist William Davies

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand’s world-beating jump in wealth down to ‘rise of landed gentry’, says economist

Warning of increasing inequality as global wealth report shows average wealth per adult in NZ jumped US$114,000 in 2020

The Guardian - AU

UN Chief Warns Global Leaders: The World Is in ‘Great Peril’

Warning that the world is in "great peril," the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN chief warns that world is in ‘great peril’ as leaders arrive for General Assembly

Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded…

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Parliament conduct watchdog 'no panacea'

A body enforcing a code of conduct in federal parliament would not be able to fix all its cultural issues but would help drive change, an inquiry has been told.

The Guardian - UK

Forget ‘levelling up’ – Liz Truss isn’t even pretending to care about inequality

Under Boris Johnson, the agenda failed because of incoherence and incompetence. For our new PM, the problem’s ideological, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Radio France Internationale

Battle of the sexes as French activists feminise European heritage

A French group is unearthing the hidden contributions to cultural heritage made by women at an event that runs alongside the European Heritage Days. Despite some progress, the arts remains one sector where inequality between men and women is rife.

The Conversation

US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

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The Independent UK

Census: Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped

Income inequality in the U.S. increased last year for the first time in more than a decade

The Conversation

Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement

Have you heard of Jaz Brisack, Liz Fong-Jones and Chris Smalls?

The Conversation

The untold story of a mid-20th century group of women fighting for equality in marriage -- and why it matters today

In 1938, a group of feminist agitators came together in London to tackle what they saw as the most pressing issue of their time: inequality in marriage. For the Married Women’s Association, the right to vote – won for women over 30 in 1918 – was just the beginning of…

The Hindu

Caste and regional imbalance plaguing M.P., says Uma Bharti

BJP leader warns that ‘inequality could lead to anarchy’

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: In this Black Lives Matter family feud, we'll get transparency. But at what cost?

On Aug. 30, the venerable Pew Research Center released a report summing up the opinions of Black Americans, specifically our thoughts about racial inequality and the prospects for systemic social change.

The Guardian - UK

The link between mental health and social conditions

Letters: Readers and healthcare professionals respond to Dr Sanah Ahsan’s article which argued that for too long, the dominant mental health narrative has located problems in individuals, and not in social injustice or inequality

The Conversation

Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times

Americans don’t agree on much these days, but many feel that the U.S. is on the wrong track and the future is bleak. In a time of unprecedented division, rising inequality and intensifying climate change, it’s easy to feel that progress is impossible.

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