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26 Sep 2018 24 minute read

Long read: the merit trap

New Internationalist co-founder Peter Adamson dives into the perils of basing ‘fairness’...

16 Mar 2018 5 minute read

Working class in Britain? You must be white

Kam Sandhu questions some persistent assumptions.

19 Oct 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

Ken Loach on 'I, Daniel Blake': what happens when people leave the cinema?

The media present poverty as the fault of the poor, Ken Loach tells Malcolm Lewis in this...

7 Jun 2016 3 minute read

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The Universal Basic Income is an idea the left must embrace

This is an exciting idea whose time has come, writes Paul Donovan.

22 Oct 2015 3 minute read

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Caste – India’s curse

Another day, another Dalit death. We must hang our heads in shame, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

19 Oct 2015 1 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

The ‘religious truth’ of inequality

Professor Danny Dorling explains why it is important to think about equality.

8 Sep 2014 8 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Corporations at the very heart of power

Owen Jones on élites, cronyism and what we can do to change Britain's current predicament.

21 Aug 2014 4 minute read

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Michael Brown is not just another statistic

Ferguson protests are fuelled by anger at social and racial inequality, says Cristiana Moisescu.

13 May 2014 4 minute read

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‘The beach is for tourists’: why Vietnamese workers can’t enjoy the sun

The insecurity of a ‘middle-class’ status in the Global South traps young people into poor working conditions. Didem...

30 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Don’t underestimate working people’s solidarity

Don Flynn remembers when ordinary people refused to be divided into nationalistic tribes.

3 Apr 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Taking on the benefits blame game

We need to stand by people whose lives are blighted by austerity and propaganda, writes Amy Hall.

PODCAST: Vanessa Baird and Owen Jones on the feral rich

29 Jan 2013 1 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

PODCAST: Vanessa Baird and Owen Jones on the feral rich

The super rich are gaining from the economic crisis while the poor get the blame – what can be done to stop them?

1 Jan 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Horror flick: Mrs T at the multiplex

Forget Scream, The Exorcist and Jaws: The nightmare on Downing Street is coming to a cinema near you.

12 Oct 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Mixing up India's education

A scheme that allows poor children access to private schooling is proving controversial in India’s hugely class-divided...

1 May 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Class war

Are the rich winning the class war?

2 Mar 2010 3 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

The pampered paws

A trip to the pedicurist reveals the changing face of Egypt’s middle class to *Maria Golia*.

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