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In-work poverty increased over the last decade in most European countries, with around 12% of workers at risk of poverty, according to the latest report by the European Trade Union …
One in ten European workers at risk of poverty, study says Read MoreWage inequality is getting worse, according to new data from the Social Security Administration, which shows a steady trickle-up effect in worker income during every period for the last four …
Eye-popping wage report charts 40 years of worsening income inequality as the top 1% thrive Read More
The recent net-zero pledges by major emitting countries and the potential for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic “presents the opening” for the world to close the growing “gap” …
UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’ Read More
Franchisees with hundreds of restaurants flew under the radar, in one case collecting $60 million in PPP loans. Relief grants meant to buoy small businesses at the onset of the …
Fast-food giants gobbled up $1 billion in federal aid for small businesses Read More
For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession looks like a tightrope. On one side, the urgent need …
UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help Read More
The four-day week is starting to move from fantasy to the mainstream: Unilever, the massive corporation that owns brands such as Dove and Ben and Jerry’s, is now testing a shorter …
Spain is working on a national shift to a four-day workweek Read More
In recent weeks, dizzying statistics have circulated on social media about Amazon’s pandemic-era boom and the obscene wealth accrued by its CEO, and Earth’s richest man, Jeff Bezos. The company reported …
Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle Read More
In one of the India’s privately-owned forest reserves, an effort to use the small patch of forest land to connect forest land to conservation with livelihood.
Eco India: An eco-tourism model that focuses on forest conservation and building the local economy Read More
The UK government’s 2020 spending review includes a cut in international aid, from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5%. My research shows that this will have severe effects on …
UK government’s foreign aid cuts put girls’ education at risk Read More
Up and down the length of Chile, people are turning to soup kitchens for their hunger needs as the coronavirus pandemic broadens inequality after lockdown measures shuttered the informal economy …
Grassroots aid grows in middle-income Chile, as COVID-19 drives new needs Read More