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Women, walking with what possesions they can carry, arrive in a steady trickle at an IDP camp erected next to an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, Somalia, on November 12. Heavy rains in Somalia, coupled with recent disputes between clans, has resulted in over four thousand IDPs seeking shelter at an AMISOM military base near the town of Jowhar, with more arriving daily. AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones

24 Aug 2023 1 minute read

Taxcast: Who owns the climate crisis?

Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network investigates how wealthy elites and transnational companies benefit...

A photo of the US stock exchange. Aditya Vyas/Unsplash

13 Aug 2023 2 minute read

Taxcast: How the very wealthy shape the world

From spoiled pets to private jets, Naomi Fowler takes a look at the deformities created by the wealthy—and...

6 Aug 2019 19 minute read

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Progress and its discontents

According to Bill Gates, Steven Pinker and the like, the world has never been better and global poverty is shrinking....

The merit trap

26 Sep 2018 24 minute read

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Long read: the merit trap

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

Kenyan lawmaker Sarah Korere talks to supporters during an election campaign rally in the village of Dol Dol in Laikipia County, Kenya.

31 May 2018 5 minute read

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Can men help break Kenyan womens’ exclusion?

Can male volunteers help break the cycle of womens’ political exclusion in Kenya? Hannah O’Neill and...

Calypso Rose

30 Apr 2018 3 minute read

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Calypso Rose talks gender equality

She’s survived cancer, two heart attacks and even fractured a few ribs on stage. Tobago’s music legend Calypso Rose...

29 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Why striking lecturers can’t give up now

Strikes have shown our strength. Academics could demand so much more for our universities, writes Hamish Kallin...

Protesters for workers' rights at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona.

28 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Should you buy an ethical smartphone?

Supply chain monitoring not consumer choices will protect rights argues Annie Pickering.

Automation and basic income.

1 Nov 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Plutocrats and paupers: life after robots

If automation decimates jobs, we need better solutions than these, argues Nick Dowson.

Ras Gareth Prince, the Rastafarian lawyer fighting for Cannabis legalization – cannabis freedom – in South Africa.

1 Nov 2017 5 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Get up, stand up! Cannabis in South Africa

Alice McCool meets the Rastafarian lawyer fighting for cannabis freedom.

IMF and World Bank meetings

12 Oct 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Why the World Bank won’t end inequality

Lidy Nacpil disputes the World Bank’s claim that it’s now fighting inequality.

NASA/NOAA GOES Project

15 Sep 2017 6 minute read

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Why natural disasters are not natural

Storms do not discriminate, but societies do, argues Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik.

Equality Effect

19 Jul 2017 12 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

The Equality Effect

Danny Dorling begins his series of articles by presenting the evidence that greater equality benefits...

17 Jul 2017 4 minute read

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When we were more equal

A few fragments from the surprising history of equality, by Danny Dorling.

17 Jul 2017 10 minute read

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Firing up the change against inequality

The advantages of equality are clear, while the negative effects of widening inequality in some countries become apparent. But...

equality

13 Jul 2017 9 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

The rich, poor and the earth

Equality matters in terms of health and happiness, but surprising new data reveals that it is also better for the environment...

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