Racial Inequality Is Rooted in Denial of Home and Land Ownership
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-28
The racial wealth gap in the US is directly linked to the ways in which Blacks were prevented from home and property ownership, while the government gave whites many opportunities for such ownership. We discuss the issue with Mehrsa Baradaran, author of "The Color of Money"
therealnews.com/stories/racial-inequality-is-rooted-in-denial-of-home-and-land-ownership

The political battle facing teachers
wsws.org | 2019-08-28
Teachers across the globe are escalating the fight against social inequality, the growing privatization of education and the unrelenting attacks on their standard of living.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/28/educ-a28.html

Will Yemen Be Divided Again?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-28
A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY HISTORY Yemen is located in what has historically been considered the finest part of the Arab Peninsula, which has prompted numerous attempts to take control of the area. Before oil was found elsewhere on the Peninsula, Yemen was also seen as having the largest concentration of natural wealth. At that time, Saudi …
uwidata.com/5126-will-yemen-be-divided-again/

Name and Shame Big Political Contributors
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2019-08-28
It's beyond elitist for wealthy donors to a president who openly incites violence and hate to complain of "harassment" when they face criticism. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-08-28_at_2.04.55_pm.png …
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What's Behind America's Racial Wealth Gap?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-28
What follows is a conversation between author Mehrsa Baradaran and Jacqueline Luqman of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/whats-behind-americas-racial-wealth-gap/

"Shadow Statistics": US Government's Fudging the Numbers on Unemployment, GDP and Inflation
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-28
John Williams has worked as a consulting economist since getting his BA and MA from Dartmouth college in New Hampshire in 1972. He now lives in California — these paragraphs are from his biography: | One of my early clients was | …
globalresearch.ca/shadow-statistics-us-governments-fudging-the-numbers-on-unemployment-gdp-and-inflation/5687366

Marginalized groups hit hardest by inequality and stigma in cities
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-26
Millicent Auma Otieno, a Kenya-based human rights and community activist, campaigns on behalf of women and persons with disabilities who face stigmatization, as a result of cultural and religious beliefs. In an interview with UN News, Ms. Otieno reinforced the message that inequality is prevalent in Africa where, she said, political power often remains in the hands of wealthy elites, adding that many people in cities are forced to live in informal settlements, which have proven to be hotbeds of unemployment, violence, drug abuse and early pregnancies.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1044981

Foreign Correspondent: What is the U.S. Role in the Hong Kong Protests?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-08-26
Despite legitimate concern over economic inequality there, the movement has pro-Western elements and has been encouraged by Washington in familiar, odious ways.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-us-role-hong-kong-protests-erlich-190826/

U of MN Teamsters demand year-round work
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-23
Minneapolis, MN — While the University of Minnesota top officials gathered for the opening of newly renovated Pioneer Hall, August 21, about 50 members of Teamsters Local 320 and other campus unions held an informational picket line to demand the year-round, full-time employment for workers in M Dining. The U of M has curtailed summer work opportunities for Teamsters and is trampling on seniority rights. | Mick Kelly, a member of the negotiating committee for U of M Teamsters told the crowd, "The university is plunging us into poverty, and this is something that we will never put up with. It is unacceptabl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/22/u-mn-teamsters-demand-year-round-work

SPLC publishes Opportunity Costs: Unequal Justice in Alabama's Community Corrections Programs
splcenter.org | 2019-08-15
A new investigative report published today by the Southern Poverty Law Center reveals serious flaws in Alabama's community corrections programs, an otherwise promising system for diverting people from the state's prisons.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/15/splc-publishes-opportunity-costs-unequal-justice-alabamas-community-corrections-programs

SPLC statement on Mississippi immigration raids
splcenter.org | 2019-08-08
Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano, with the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi:…
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/07/splc-statement-mississippi-immigration-raids