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UK government accused of ‘explaining away’ Covid race issues

Exclusive: Leaders urge inquiry chair to address racism and inequalities experienced in pandemic

The Guardian - UK

A massive societal problem for humans is also harming animals

In a new study, scientists propose applying the human concept of "wealth inequality" to better understand animal evolution and ecosystems in this new framework.

Inverse

Six English words borrowed from the Romany language

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have been part of the UK’s regional populations for centuries. Roma communities are documented to have migrated to the UK during the early 15th century and evidence is found among a variety of official legal documentation and formal correspondence. As part of a wider community…

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A War on the Rich? A New Book Aims to Dispel Anger toward Affluence

We shouldn’t criticize the 1 percent, In Defence of Wealth insists—we should thank them

The Walrus

Earnings boom for bankers during pandemic fueling income inequality

And the future is 'bleak' for lower-income households, according to research

Wales Online

Abortion rollback risks erasing decades of economic gains for US women

Overturning Roe v. Wade risks widening economic inequality in the U.S., threatening decades of gains for women in places where abortion could be all but banned.

Tribune News Service

Pay rises for finance workers are deepening inequality, IFS says

While most workers face a real terms cut in earings finance professionals’ pay is outstripping inflation, the IFS found

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Biggest boom in City bonuses for years risks driving up inequality, says IFS

Think tank says pay and bonus deals have risen by about twice as much as other UK sectors

The Guardian - UK

Pay surge for City workers fuels new rise in earnings inequality, says IFS

New analysis found that mean monthly pay among finance workers in February was 31% higher than in December 2019.

The Independent UK

Met Gala 2022 faces criticism for its ‘Gilded Glamour’ theme: ‘It is out of touch’

‘It’s gilded glamour, at a time when wealth inequality has passed gilded age levels’

The Independent UK

Who gained most from the boom of 2021?

Everyone in America gained from the trillions spent on pandemic relief — but billionaires did best of all

Salon

Health worries and Long Covid have seen 400,000 leave work - new report highlights impact of inequality and need for Levelling Up

Experts think around 400,000 people nationwide have stopped working during the pandemic due to ill health and Long Covid.

Chronicle Live

Nesta Cymru moves to new Cardiff University social sciences campus as it unveils 10 year strategy

Nesta is developing innovation solutions to some of society's biggest challenges from decarbonisation to inequality

Birmingham Post

In 2019 inequality was a big federal election issue. Now it’s off the radar

How does your area compare for housing stress, socioeconomic disadvantage and income? In the first of a series about Australian electorates, we look at inequality and wealth

The Guardian - AU

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Twitter is a $44bn toy for billionaire Elon Musk to play with

Do not weep for Twitter, its users, or its investors. Weep for the entire chain of bad political decisions that allowed us to get to this point

Bangkok Post

Global growth engines sputtering

The International Monetary Fund's revised World Economic Outlook (WEO) is sobering. It is rare for the organisation to revise down sharply its projections for economic growth just one quarter into the calendar year. Yet in this case, it has done so for 86% of its 190 member countries, resulting in…

The Conversation

Democracy loses its glow for South Africans amid persistent inequality

South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better through equality of opportunities. This hasn’t happened.

Daily Record

Funding of up to £500 available to South Lanarkshire community organisations

The money is from the Lived Experience Fund and groups who tackle poverty and inequality can apply for funding

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Lessons from COVAX could help vaccine equity

COVAX was supposed to be the elixir for vaccine inequality - it wasn’t. However, lessons can be taken from previous global experiences to help make progress, writes Putri Widi Saraswati.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO 'Strongly Recommends' Pfizer's Covid Pill

The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalization. However the UN agency warned it was "extremely concerned" that the inequality in access seen with Covid vaccines would…

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