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Donald Glover's powerful 'This Is America ' music video sparks debate about gun violence and ... - His lyrics focus on racial inequality and police brutality with lines like: 'This is America , don't catch you slippin' up. 'Look how I'm livin' now, police be ... Ignorance is Strenght Standing up against hate rethoric, populism, nativism, racism, xenophobia and everything that implies New updates posted this Tuesday

Donald Glover's shocking 'This Is America ' video tackles racism, gun violence -  But a separate video for one of the songs, “This Is America ,” was released just as Glover was on TV Saturday evening, and it is already both a huge success and a controversial film statement, since it includes two quick but brutal scenes of bloody killing as well as lyrics about racial inequality .

This is America : Be happy, be grateful - Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? ... Today in America , poverty is unrecognizable when compared to past ...

This is the healthiest county in America - This is the healthiest county in America ... obesity, and social factors like housing conditions, poverty rates, and crime, and narrowed down the top 500 ...

This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like  - "If a teen says their meal is healthy ," she says, "they're less likely to throw it out over the course of a week. But if a teen says it's unhealthy, that teen is more likely  ...

Is America approaching equality? - This movie is an example of how film, music and the arts can transcend the boundaries of inequality and reach a vast array of people, no matter the color of their skin, class and gender. As I walked out of the theater, visualizing myself in the slick and savvy Black Panther suit, I began to wonder: Is America  ...

America's health is declining -- and corporations are stoking this crisis - Another cause of America's lagging life expectancy is the nation's rising inequality of income. America's poor die much younger on average than America's rich, with a discrepancy of up to 10-15 years on average. The combination of overpriced American health care and poverty is lethal.

Why is America more tolerant of inequality than many rich countries? - America's gini before taxes and transfers was 0.47 compared to an OECD average of 0.43. After taxes and transfers, America's gini falls to 0.39. The OECD average is 0.31. In 2014, taxes and transfers reduced American inequality by a mere 18%; this compares to 25% in Britain, 29% in Germany and ...

All this is fuelled by income inequality in America, one of the highest in the world. It is 40th in the level of inequality out of 150. The same level as ... View article...

Russell Brand is wrong: Voting really can change America for the better  - The class bias in voter turnout in America is strong. ... One problem with this is that turnout inequality affects both parties — pulling the Democrats and ...

A look inside America's poorest county : "This is America's poorest county, where more than 60 percent of people live at or below the poverty line. At a time when the weak economy is squeezing ...

What Is Behind Social Entrepreneurship In Latin America ? - Nowadays, social entrepreneurship is expanding rapidly, specifically in Latin America , a region remarked by its emerging countries. But why is this? This occurs, because it is an area that has not being able to tackle effectively societal problems such as inequality and informal employment, women rights, ...

Poverty is America's Taboo Word : By earl ofari hutchinson (about the author) There are two new rituals about the yearly census reports on poverty in America. One is that the census figures show more Americans continue to sink into poverty . The poverty rate this year jumped to the ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Is America Becoming an Oligarchy? - Of course I'm a capitalist, he said; America “is a capitalist society. ... So, yes, democracy and the kind of economic inequality we've seen in this country ...

This Is the Best-Run State in America - But after running through various metrics, including tax revenue, debt, population, good-paying jobs, poverty , credit rating, etc., the site has settled on ...

This is the most unequal place in America in terms of income—and it's not in New York or California - Income inequality in the United States continues to grow, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which used the latest ...

Tax reform threatens America's current prosperity - This is bound to lead to a recession, which like the rest of GOP tax reform will hit the middle class the hardest and widen income and wealth inequality in America . The Republicans' mantra that the tax cuts will lower unemployment much below its present level is unrealistic given how low it is already.

We cannot make/keep America great if we continue to turn a blind eye to our many problems and inequities of life. This is America in 2020. We are ... View article...

Trump's Budget Is a Blueprint for a Banana Republic - The Trump Administration has officially unveiled its proposed budget to "Make America Great Again," and by all accounts it’s a total flop. Most news outlets are ignoring are the greater implications of what is proposed in the budget itself—the society America would become if the Trump budget became official. The specific elements of the proposal highlight severe cuts to programs that support the middle class and the poor, like the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), a move that is worthy of disdain on its own. However, the general sentiments of the proposal suggest a perspective and intention that is far more disturbing and could transform America's constitutional Republic into a de facto military junta. Is this Trump’s true vision for American greatness?

This Is San Francisco's Plan to Soak the 1%  - San Francisco is the epicenter of America's wealth and income inequality crisis, and what happens there may serve as a blueprint for the rest of the ...