Articles related to "Inequality"

Women are earning more advanced degrees than men, yet men still earn better pay. Women everywhere are calling “foul.”

Classism is the discrimination, oppression, or prejudice against an individual or group based solely on actual or perceived socio-economic class. It shapes life chances.

A popular belief these days is that if we eradicate poverty through all sorts of means, we can create equality on both local and global scales. Kabbalah says try again.

Public anger is growing at the way in which senior executives are paid while average workers are struggling to get by.

A discussion of how gender violence is contributing to the current AIDS pandemic.

Explore the popular image of the 'cougar' - older women who date younger men.

Sexy TV dads are nurturing, flexible, suportive, collaborative and intelligent. Could this indicate a paradigm shift in fatherhood?

This article explores the connection between ideas of change, and activism.

A metric space is a set, together with a distance function defined on it, satisfying certain properties.

Recently, two gay rights advocacy groups met in front of the Harrisburg Capital Building to protest; the event has yielded growth in the gay rights community.

Sandra Bem defines institutionalized androcentrism as a society's tendency to view women in relation to, or as extensions of, men.

Today marks the 99th anniversary of International Women's Day. In Wales, a recent report suggests in some major areas gender equality may be moving back in time.

Mother's Day in the media is all about the tensions that exist between working mothers and stay-at-home moms: instead of celebrating women, the media highlights problems.

A study suggests that spending time in green areas lowers stress levels. This could in part be due to our bodies being attuned to a more natural environment.

In Sweeney Todd the real villain isn't the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - it's the injustice of class inequality.

In an attempt to eliminate inequality between the sexes, some parents and teachers actively discourage traditional gender identification in young children.

Female college graduates only earn 80% compared to their male colleagues, across-industries. You can help end this gap.

Are women innately ill suited to scientific inquiry? Harvard's last President thinks so. What do others say?

From its beginnings as a deal made to offer economic benefit to both sides, marriage has evolved into an institution that many feel provides the foundation of our society

A Housing Manger finds a gun he knows bas been used in several shootings. He calls the police, but when they don't come, what happens when the owner does?

Explore links between changes in western family structures and the migration of women professionals from industrializing nations.

Race and class issues are deeply rooted in the United States. Obama's race challenge ahead will be long and hard. America must use its hegimony to lead in race relations.

This article explores the challenges of same-sex schooling as a breech of civil liberties. Research indicates that girls thrive in same-sex classrooms.

This article discusses the Bohemian Grove as a gathering for American power brokers' attempts at social cohesion among their group.

China has long sought to dominate Tibet and now is using economic rather than political colonization.

In a city where only the rich have to ability to set or change the rules, it was nearly impossible for a man to progress further than the class into which he was born.

Economic growth in Cambodia has been notable in recent years, but there are suggestions that thefruits of growth are inequitably distributed. Should we care?

More than 30 years after the feminist movement took hold in North America, women continue to battle for pay equality in the workplace. But the situation is getting worse.

Explore various issues acounting for the growing numbers of HIV Positive women. Gender inequality in treatment and prevention is addressed.

American-Haitians refer to the group of Haitian students living in the United States who identify more with their local American communities than their Haitian roots.

The educational disparities between the suburbs and the inner-cities are abundant. A closer look at the school's funding and facilities may reveal even more disparities.

The health status in the United States is considered moderate yet the country spends more on healthcare than any other. Read how more education is the key to improvement.

Haitians-in-transition, Haitians who just entered the United States, tend to face many challenges including tougher standards in the US and familial adjustments.

The notions of state and sovereignty are strongly connected to how illicit and illegal activities are defined in Europe.

The 28th Durban International Film Festival is one of Africa's longest running and most respected festivals. It runs from 20 June to 1 July.

In the ongoing discussion of the AIDS pandemic in Africa, the role of culture is almost always, without fail, mentioned.

Although most African American men are excited about Obama's presidency, discrimination in the judicial system and workplace still exists in most of their lives.

A series of stories written for children provides a glimpse into the educational goals of the 1950s and early 1960s as they relate to social and cultural norms.

Being female, even in today's more enlightened society, has its drawbacks, one of which is less likelihood of career success.

On March 5th, 1945 Georgia's "Old Sparky" electric chair claimed Lena Baker, the only woman ever put to death by the Peach State.

It must be the sign of times. More and more men are becoming gender sensitive. Many have become hands-on daddies, balancing their child-rearing and money-making tasks.

Women are equally well-educated and high-achieving as men until they become mothers and the main responsibility for raising children creates a gender gap.

Obtaining an education is more difficult for students from a low socio-economic status, but policy makers and educators can reduce the gap.

Read the human story behind the humble beginnings of the Trading Post, the classifieds newspaper that helped Australians buy and sell second-hand for over four decades.

Many politicians and others have used the phrase 'the will of the people' but few really understand its deeper meaning. Here is an exploration of this political phrase.

There are two recognised ways that multiple discrimination can occur and UK laws fail to protect against either of them.

The Vagina Monologues has always been outrageous, a daring statement by women confronting themselves and the cultural binds they are in for ages.

70 per cent of the world's poor are women. The majority of the 1.5 billion people living on $1 a day or less are women.

Jane Addams was a renowned player in the early Settlement movement in the United States.

In his latest book, Selfish Capitalism (Vermillion 2008), James continues his campaign against accelerating inequality and the misery it brings.