Incomes in the United States are more unequal than in any other rich country. One common explanation for why is that America ...

Dismantling racial inequalities that have plagued the United States since its founding will boost economic growth and create new jobs for everyone, top advisers to President Joe Biden said Tuesday, ...

The president of Brazil has been pursuing his big plans for the Amazon rainforest, even as parts of it burn in massive wildfires. He has been working to carve more mines and pave new roads. He has ...

Dasha is speaking about how the country music world treats men and women differently. During an appearance on Rolling Stone‘s Nashville Now podcast, the singer discussed gender norms in country music.

The past few months have seen an unprecedented attack on Black Economic Empowerment. Strangely, the voices that you would expect to defend it have been oddly muted. If we accept that BEE has too many ...

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Immigrants, people with disabilities and individuals at risk of poverty or social exclusion report facing more discrimination in the EU than those who do not belong to these groups. In 2024, 5.9% of ...

There is a genre of online video and social media post that is revealing of our time. In one such video, an online fitness influencer posts herself crying in her car outside the gym. The words ...

The New Republic recently commissioned a poll asking Americans for their opinions on wealth distribution in the United States. In short, we found that people feel strongly that the superrich own too ...

I will open by flagging a few highlights of this 2024 Annual Report. First and foremost, and as Haoliang said, UNDP in 2024 continued to be on track in its delivery of the Gender Equality Strategy ...

Background The acceptance of a paper in a top-ranked journal depends on the importance of the study, and should not depend on its country of origin. If the papers' citation rate is a proxy for their ...