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- Programmed Inequality – How Britain Discarded Women Technologists https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality 3 comments
- New Book, Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/programmed-inequality 3 comments
- Booker Campaigns on Baby Bonds Program to Combat Inequality https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/us/politics/cory-booker-2020-baby-bonds.html 9 comments politics
- Here’s the real cause of the Social Security funding shortfall, according to the program’s chief actuary. Rising income inequality has thrown Social Security’s finances into turmoil earlier than planned. The lion’s share of U.S. income growth has been above the Social Security cap. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-the-real-cause-of-the-social-security-funding-shortfall-according-to-the-programs-chief-actuary-1a0e7d4b 61 comments economy
- To Reduce Racial Inequality, Raise the Minimum Wage | Diversity and inclusion programs for elites are tokens. A large wage increase that would most benefit the Black working class is far better. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/opinion/minimum-wage-race-protests.html 12 comments politics
- "Bernie Sanders is attracting thousands at each event because he presents a specific program squarely on the side of the 99%, challenging income inequality and financial domination of the country and of politics" http://www.cpusa.org/article/bernie-sanders-political-revolution/ 6 comments politics
- Brazil spends 0.4 % of its GDP on its widely admired social safety net program, yet it has a bigger impact shrinking inequality than far costlier programs. Its creator is to become head of the UN food organisation. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/l/lt_brazil_hungers_hero?site=txhou&section=home&template=default 8 comments worldnews
- Why Children Like to Share - People are programmed to avoid inequality http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=why-children-like-to-share 24 comments science
- Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ awards $7B to bring affordable energy to low-income families The program is designed to reduce greenhouse emissions and energy inequity. https://grist.org/equity/bidens-solar-for-all-awards-7b-to-bring-affordable-energy-to-low-income-families/ 24 comments politics
- COVID: WHO rails against vaccine booster programs | The head of the World Health Organization says rich countries are merely prolonging the pandemic by fueling vaccine inequality. "No country can boost its way out of the pandemic," he says. https://www.dw.com/en/covid-who-rails-against-vaccine-booster-programs/a-60232066?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf 5 comments worldevents
- How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Asia’s Economies - AI may widen inequality, but policymakers can counteract this with more effective social safety nets, reskilling programs, and regulations to promote ethical use of the technology https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2025/05/how-artificial-intelligence-will-affect-asias-economies 18 comments futurology
- Health Care Inequality On The Rise. The health care inequality we found is uniquely American. In every other wealthy nation, people are shielded from the costs of illness by a comprehensive and truly universal national health insurance program. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steffie-woolhandler/health-care-inequality-on_b_11351350.html 25 comments politics
- California's reparations report excludes payment plan but is full of program proposals — The 1,100-page report identifies ways to calculate monetary reparations to redress “how enslavement and its enduring legacy of systemic racism cemented structural inequality.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-reparations-task-foce-read-final-report-rcna91452 40 comments politics
- Researcher connects 1960s federal anti-poverty programs to today’s inequality in cities. Study traces the history and effects of New Careers, a 1960s federal anti-poverty program. While it helped expand the nonprofit sector, it also perpetuated inequality in urban areas. https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/27/dissecting-effects-1960s-anti-poverty-programs-present-u-s/ 12 comments economy
- Researcher connects 1960s federal anti-poverty programs to today’s inequality in cities. Study traces the history and effects of New Careers, a 1960s federal anti-poverty program. While it helped expand the nonprofit sector, it also perpetuated inequality in urban areas. https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/27/dissecting-effects-1960s-anti-poverty-programs-present-u-s/ 15 comments science
- ‘We Are Not Taxing the Very Wealthy Enough’: Runaway Inequality About to Get Worse — “Americans overwhelmingly prefer raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy and huge corporations to making cuts to critical programs like healthcare, medical research, and infrastructure,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-generational-wealth-inequality 99 comments politics
- For Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Bold Fixes Mean High Price Tags: As Democrats press for bold solutions to longstanding problems like income inequality and gun violence, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders are proposing a variety of new programs. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.html 3 comments politics
- Those who are killed by guns when they are young are much more often black, while their white counterparts are dying older, finds a new study. These deaths cannot be prevented by just increased policing, but like other diseases characterized by disparity, with social programs to reduce inequities. http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/gun-related-deaths-decreased-american-life-expectancy/ 14 comments science
- Sympathy For The Plutocrat: "The growing economic distance between people like me and the little people like you hasn't been this great in a long, long time. You may call that inequality. We call it freedom. But if things are going to continue to go this well,you people need to get with the program" http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/16/sympathy-for-the-plutocrat-2/?mrefid=twitter 3 comments politics