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The United States of Inequality - There is a striking disconnect between the Times' portrait of American society and its prescription, which, in the end, is to support the Democratic Party. The editorial concludes by hailing the election of right-wing Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama as proof that “ inequality in America does not have to be ...

Here're the causes of inequality - The citizens of the United States of America ( USA ) is facing a new problem, increasing inequality . The reason for this trend is due to the ...

UN Special Rapporteur Says Tax Bill Will Make the US “World Champion of Extreme Inequality ” - As Congress prepares to vote on the controversial tax bill, the United Nations has issued a scathing report on poverty in the United States that found the Trump administration and Republicans are turning the U.S. into the “world champion of extreme inequality .” Philip Alston, the United Nations special .

Minorities and Homelessness in the United States and Europe: A Comparative ... This study asks the question of why minorities are so overrepresented among the homeless , with a focus on the United States and Europe in a comparative perspective. I combine Charles Tilly's theoretical model on how to challenge durable inequality with ...

Redrawing the map of African- American history and culture in the United States - theory — research and practices that demand a constant reckoning with systems of inequality and power in America — the beat decidedly goes on.

Here's where the US ranks in a list of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” - The Declaration of Independence said it was an American's unalienable right, but according to a new ranking, the people of the United State's aren't ... “The United States can and should raise happiness by addressing America's multi-faceted social crisis — rising inequality , corruption, isolation, and ...

North Korea accuses US of rights violations against its own people in 'white paper' - North Korea has accused the United States of a raft of human rights violations against its own citizens, including racial discrimination , erosion of the freedom of the press and gender inequality . The government's "white paper" on violations, produced by the DPRK Institute of International Studies, also ...

Are we becoming a country of inequality ? - When the United States of America pulled out in July 1946, the US military created war surplus depots in several locations where trucks, jeeps, generators and other valuable equipment were deposited. Then- Senate President Jose Avelino, whose island province of Samar had one of the largest depots, ...

Where Inequality Is Worst In The United States  - However, inequality varies widely across America. Scholars of the geography of American inequality have different theses but on certain issues there  ...

Monopolies are the 'missing piece of the puzzle' when it comes to analyzing US inequality ... - The inequality gap between the top 1% and the rest of the United States remains at unstable levels, for a wide variety of reasons. A reason that should ...

7 Countries With Worse Income Inequality Than the United States - A reader of today's headlines could be forgiven for thinking that America has the worst income inequality in the world. But the reality is far different.

Inequality , disrespect are the roots of divisiveness - What in the world is wrong with the citizens of this country? Does everyone remember that our great country is called the United States of America , not ...

Cure health inequality by reducing income inequality - In the last few decades, we have seen growing income inequality between the poor and rich. Since the 1980's, the United States of America has seen ...

"Tale of Two Americas : Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation" - John Freeman has compiled an exceptional anthology of literature about inequality in the United States. This collection includes stories of fiction, ...

A vote for this tax plan is a vote against women and families -  Women in the United States of America are already facing severe economic inequality at the exact same time as the cost of raising children, and the percentage of families who are relying on the wages of women to make ends meet, are rising quickly. Times have changed. For instance, women are now ...

Richest one percent now owns two-fifths of America's wealth, new study claims - Among rich nations, the United States stands out for the extent of its wealth inequality . The top one percent in the US own a much larger share of the country's wealth than the one percent elsewhere. The American one percent gobble up twice as much pie (40 percent) as the one percent in France, the ..

Inequality in greater Seattle: Tracking the possibly healthy differences among us  - The high and rising degree of income inequality in the United States now exceeds the ... Still, inequality is great and visible on the landscape. ... reflects the high concentration of wealth in the top 1 percent in contemporary America .

The United States is undergoing a second Gilded Age, and it shows the same struggle has defined ... -  Americans live in a time of income and wealth inequality that mirrors the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Historian HW Brands believes it reflects 

The United States is undergoing a second Gilded Age, and it shows the same struggle has defined ... -  Americans live in a time of income and wealth inequality that mirrors the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Historian HW Brands believes it reflects ...

The difficult dilemma between inequality and unemployment  - Income inequality within countries has surged since the late 1970s. In the United States of America ( U.S. ), for example, income inequality (as ...