The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

David Evans obituary

Other lives: Development economist who worked on the inequality and poverty impacts of trade liberalisation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

How can we stop electric vehicles being just ‘middle-class cars’?

We caught up with Connected Kerb CEO Chris Pateman-Jones to find out how his start-up is looking to solve London’s charge inequality problem

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022

The Guardian view on Tory economics: for haves, not for have-nots

Editorial: Whoever is the next prime minister will likely resurrect a form of capitalism that almost broke the economy in 2008

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022

If you want to be healthy in Australia today, be born to rich parents

No amount of social restrictions will fix healthcare until we address underlying inequality

The Guardian - AU · Jul 13, 2022

Average UK household £8,800 a year worse off than those in France or Germany

Thinktank blames inequality and poor productivity as CBI calls for investment policies to fuel growth

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

On the street and online: social media becomes key to protest in Kenya

As elections near amid soaring debt and a cost-of-living crisis, grassroots activists are turning to social media to propel change

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality

Michigan’s largest district court and bail reform advocates are announcing the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against bail practices in Detroit, where hundreds of defendants are jailed for no other reason than their inability to afford court-imposed bail

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

‘An inequality story’: Utah abortion ban will drive women further into poverty

Women already make 30% less than men in the state, with new restrictions affecting women of color and single mothers

The Guardian - US · Jul 11, 2022

Richer schools' students run faster: how the inequality in sport flows through to health

Cross-town sporting rivalry between the kids from the wealthy school and those from the country school – or the poorer suburbs – has been fodder for Hollywood movies such as Friday Night Lights, McFarland USA, Coach Carter, The Mighty Ducks and Hoosiers. We like to believe sport is the great…

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2022

What cost of living crisis? Tory hopefuls’ fuss over tax cuts is devoid of reality

Candidates’ focus on reducing tax would throw petrol on the inflationary fire and turbocharge inequality

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022