(2022-09-16). China's surveyed urban unemployment rate down to 5.3 pct in August. ecns.cn China's surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in August, down from 5.4 percent in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.
(2022-09-16). Reimagining the Commons Is One Step Toward a Future Without Police. truthout.org "Commoning" is about affirming humanity, eliminating inequality and social hierarchies, and promoting shared well-being and greater safety. Police are the antithesis of the commons, argue Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie. In this excerpt from their latest book, The abolition of policing is about building a new world centered around "the commons" — a term initially used to describe a…
(2022-09-16). Royal Money: Charles III and the Wealth Dimension. dissidentvoice.org Once the fixated adoration with the late Queen Elizabeth II starts cooling, the accountants of public welfare and decency will be stunned to realise the costs and wealth associated with the royal institution. Her successor, Charles III, is continuing in that vein, a jarring note of wealth and pomp even as prices rise and the …
(2022-09-16). Pakistan Floods Made Worse By Climate Crisis and Inequality: Study. commondreams.org "As climate-related losses rapidly mount, global demands for climate justice will only grow," one expert said.
(2022-09-16). Why Poor Neighborhoods Suffer More From Extreme Heat and Pollution. commondreams.org The rich and powerful use their wealth and power to shunt the most undesirable aspects of modern life onto poor neighborhoods.
(2022-09-15). Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap. inequality.org
(2022-09-15). Analysis Shows 'Quiet Fleecing' Of US Workers Is The Real Problem. popularresistance.org "Quiet quitting"—an allegedly new trend characterized by workers performing only their required job duties and no more—has been getting a lot of attention in recent weeks, but the defining trend of the past 40 years of U.S. economic history is "quiet fleecing," and we should be talking much more about it. | That's the argument put forth Friday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a progressive think tank with a long track record of popularizing research on wage suppression and runaway inequality. | "Everyone's obsessed with a post-pandemic phenomenon called 'quiet quitting,'" EPI wrote in an email.
(2022-09-15). Honoring Barbara Ehrenreich, Who Exposed How Toxic Positivity Is Used to Dismiss Economic Inequality. commondreams.org The late Nickel and Dimed author also laid bare the "positive thinking" industry that put a smiley face on inequality.
(2022-09-15). Making Earth the Shareholder. inequality.org
(2022-09-14). Not Playing Around: Video Game Testers Aim to Unionize. inequality.org