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Wonder Women Have Been Smashing The Patriarchy Since Classical Times

By Roberta Magnani, Swansea University
Roberta Magnani, Swansea University

Wonder Women Have Been Smashing The Patriarchy Since Classical TimesWonder Woman is an unsettling superhero. More so than her male counterparts, she resists easy classification: she’s neither an alien or a billionaire – nor has she been exposed to some chemical to obtain her powers.

What Rural, Coastal Puerto Ricans Can Teach Us About Thriving In Times Of Crisis

By Carlos G. García-Quijano and Hilda Lloréns, University of Rhode Island
Carlos G. García-Quijano and Hilda Lloréns, University of Rhode Island

Puerto Ricans are searching for solutions to the island’s worst economic and social crisis in a long time.Puerto Ricans are searching for solutions to the island’s worst economic and social crisis in a long time.

Why a Just and Sustainable Economy Looks Like a Doughnut

By David Korten, YES! Magazine
David Korten, YES! Magazine

Why a Just and Sustainable Economy Looks Like a DoughnutThis is the real-world economy for a living Earth that we must learn to structure and manage to provide a safe space for humanity.

Inequality Has Gotten Worse, But Fewer People Are Aware Of It

By Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Harvard University
Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Harvard University

Inequality Is Getting Worse, But Fewer People Are Aware Of ItInequality in America is on the rise. Income gains since the 1980s have been concentrated at the top.

Is The American Dream On Life Support?

By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams

Is The American Dream On Life Support?'Declines in absolute mobility have been a systematic, widespread phenomenon throughout the United States since 1940,' the authors of the new study write.

How Innovation Can Fight Off Inequality

By Jaideep Prabhu, Cambridge Judge Business School
Jaideep Prabhu, Cambridge Judge Business School

How Innovation Can Fight Off InequalityInequality is the defining social, political and economic phenomenon of our time. Just 1% of the world’s population now holds over 35% of all private wealth

Thatcher, Reagan And Robin Hood: A History Of Modern Wealth Inequality

By Andrew Newell, University of Sussex
Andrew Newell, University of Sussex

Thatcher, Reagan And Robin Hood: A History Of Modern Wealth InequalityPersistently high rates of income or wealth inequality are bad for social cohesion, political inclusion and crime. The evidence for this is overwhelming.

Are The Rich More Selfish Than The Rest Of Us?

By Jan Stoop, Erasmus University Rotterdam; et al.
Jan Stoop, Erasmus University Rotterdam; et al.

Are The Rich More Selfish Than The Rest Of Us?Social scientists have long known that the rich are not exactly model citizens. The Conversation

How Workers Are Being Taxed And Companies Are Skating

By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University

How Workers Are Being Taxed And Companies Are SkatingTax day is here once more, and tens of millions of Americans will rush to file their income taxes by this year’s deadline of April 18 (rather than April 15 for a variety of reasons). The Conversation 

New Evidence that Poor Americans Pay the Highest Taxes and Get Little of the Safety Net

By Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams
Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams

New Evidence that Poor Americans Pay the Highest Taxes and Get Little of the Safety NetThe American tax system, in which those with the least pay the most.

Why The Closing Of Borders Is Not The Answer To Jobs and Inequality

By Ashwini Deshpande, University of Delhi
Ashwini Deshpande, University of Delhi

Why The Closing Of Borders Is Not The Answer To Jobs and InequalityUS President Donald Trump wants to build a wall along the US-Mexican border. Britain wants to retreat into its shell to become an isolated island state.

Why Wealth Alone Won’t Save Billionaire Doomsday Preppers

By Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine
Chuck Collins, YES! Magazine

Why Wealth Alone Won’t Save Billionaire Doomsday PreppersThe wealthy will not be able to build a wall high enough or a silo deep enough. The only solution is to bring your wealth home and invest in community resilience to ensure the survival of all.

How Job Insecurity Leads To Identity And Social Instability And Ends With Extremism

By Eva Selenko, Loughborough University and Chris Stride, University of Sheffield
Eva Selenko, Loughborough University and Chris Stride, University of Sheffield

cHow Job Insecurity Leads To Identity And Social Instability And Ends “Will I lose my job in the near future?” For most people this is an unpleasant scenario to ponder, and for many it is a real and pressing concern.

When Food Stamp Benefits Go Up, These ER Visits Go Down

By Sheena Rice, University of Missouri
Sheena Rice, University of Missouri

When Food Stamp Benefits Go Up, These ER Visits Go DownIn 2014, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program to address food insecurity in the United States, provided $70 billion in nutrition support to 46.5 million families and children living in 22.7 million American households.

Why Big, Beautiful Walls Don't Stop Migrants

By Anna Triandafyllidou, European University Institute
Anna Triandafyllidou, European University Institute

Why Big, Beautiful Walls Don't Stop MigrantsWalls have a strong political connotation in post-war Europe. The most tragically famous was the Berlin wall built in 1961 to prevent citizens of the DDR (otherwise known as East Germany) from seeking refuge in the West.

US Teens In Poverty Go Hungry So Siblings Can Eat

By Jill Rosen, Johns Hopkins University
Jill Rosen, Johns Hopkins University

US Teens In Poverty Go Hungry So Siblings Can EatA survey of about 1,500 extremely disadvantaged families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio shows teenagers go without food twice as often as their younger brothers and sisters.

In America, Less Education Often Means More Chronic Pain

By Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo
Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo

In America, Less Education Often Means More Chronic PainOlder Americans with less money and education are much more like to suffer from chronic pain than wealthier adults with more education.

Uncovering The Roots Of Racist Ideas In America

By Ibram X. Kendi, University of Florida
Ibram X. Kendi, University of Florida

Uncovering The Roots Of Racist Ideas In AmericaDonald Trump proclaimed during his inaugural address, “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.”

How It Feels When People See You As Less Human

By Julie Sloane, University of Pennsylvania
Julie Sloane, University of Pennsylvania

How It Feels When People See You As Less HumanIn a recent study, American participants placed Muslims and Mexican immigrants significantly closer to the ape-like ancestor than Americans as a whole.

Why A Wall With Mexico Is So Popular, And Why It Won't Work

By David Cook Martín, Grinnell College
David Cook Martín, Grinnell College

Why A Wall With Mexico Is So Popular, And Why It Won't WorkDonald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid back by Mexico later.”

How Health Insurance Binds Neighbors Together

By Jim Patterson, Vanderbilt University
Jim Patterson, Vanderbilt University

How Health Insurance Binds Neighbors TogetherAccess to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can help fray neighborhood cohesion, report researchers.

Who Are The Real Forgotten Americans?

By Leonard Steinhorn, BillMoyers.com
Leonard Steinhorn, BillMoyers.com

Who Are The Real Forgotten Americans?As Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency and lays out his agenda for our country, he will likely proclaim himself, as he did in the campaign, the voice of "the forgotten Americans."

Do 8 Men Really Control The Same Wealth As The Poorest Half Of The Global Population?

By Peter Whiteford, Australian National University
Peter Whiteford, Australian National University

Do 8 Men Really Control The Same Wealth As The Poorest Half Of The Global Population?A new Oxfam Report has a number of startling claims about wealth inequality around the world – the world’s eight richest people control the same wealth as the poorest half of the globe’s population

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