Efforts to decrease gender inequality, such as tuition-free primary education and paid parental leave, transform norms and improve health for women and their children, according to a new study.
- By Carly Graf
In the shadow of Monte Pirucho, once a place of worship for the Taino tribe, Tara Rodríguez Besosa pulls a long, spiny plant from the bed of a small community garden and begins plucking its leaves.
A quarter of a century ago, on July 5, 1994, a company, which shared a name with the world’s largest river, was incorporated. It sold books to customers who got to its website through a dial-up modem.
Whether it was the physicist Niels Bohr or the baseball player Yogi Berra who said it – or, most likely, someone else – it is indeed hard to make predictions, especially about the future.
The UK is experiencing record levels of employment, with over 32m people in work. But many workers and their families continue to struggle to survive financially
- By Mary Mello
There is nothing natural about money. There is no link to some scarce essential form of money that sets a limit to its creation.
The idea of the living wage is back on the political agenda. In the United States the Democrats are proposing to double the federal minimum wage.
Near-record low unemploymenthas companies fumbling to find the best ways to recruit and retain workers. Our research suggests a sure-fire way to do just that: give them a real stake.

- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains why labor unions impact the middle class and raise wages.
Hardly a week goes by without another story in the media covering a family somewhere in America dealing with an outrageous medical bill.
Google is digesting its third whopping antitrust penalty from the European Commission, having been fined €1.5 billion (£1.3 billion) for abusing its market dominance around online advertising.

- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich and W. Kamau Bell explain the criminalization of poverty and the flaws in our criminal justice system.
As the federal election approaches, we’re expected to drown in slogans like “lower taxes”, “wage growth”,
Less than half of school-aged children in the United States are flourishing, research finds.
- By U. Chicago
Early childhood education programs can benefit life outcomes in ways that span generations, new research shows.
So runs the story of one of the Italian nuns I interviewed earlier this year, as part of a wider investigation into the unsung contributions of women workers, and why they have been historically undervalued.
A college education can set you up for a lifetime – though it can come with a hefty price tag
- By Karen Boyle
Feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez’s latest book is an essential if enraging read.
- By Peter Newman
The politics of climate change in Australia has always been about the costs of change.
The story about how we started to think this way about food is closely linked to the rise of the potato as a national starch.

- By Robert Reich
Robert Reich explain how the wealthy and corporations receive billions in corporate welfare.
With the U.S.-China trade war intensifying, there is a lot of talk about whether tariffs save American jobs – as President Donald Trump claims – or destroy them.
Recently, the Ontario government proposed educational reforms that collectively amount to savings of almost $1 billion, according to an analysis by the charity People for Education.