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a collection of articles looking at the problem of Biased Algorithms - and the importance of good data sets in AI
Brazil - Education Issues
A collection of articles and videos about Brazil with a focus on Culture, Race, and Inequality Issues
Brazil - Inequality, Poverty, Hunger Issues
Brazil - Property Rights, Inequality, Land Rights, Agriculture and Development issues
Nationalism, Populism, Immigration, and the EU
a collection of articles and videos looking at issues related to immigration in Europe
European Union - immigration and backlash reactions
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #5. Gender Equality
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #1 End Poverty
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #1 End Poverty
Articles and videos looking at a History of Women in tech, Girls who Code, Female Engineers
CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality
Articles and videos looking at “what’s wrong” with the culture of Silicon Valley and the technology industry
a collection of articles and videos taking a look at the Gig-Economy
a collection of articles about 'Effective Altruism' - and Charity, Philanthropy
Rising Healthcare Costs in the USA
Defining the problem, and looking at possible solutions to the high price of university education
A look at healthcare costs in the USA
a collection of articles and resources looking at trend toward Shared Housing
A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system
A collection of articles looking at Community College and Trade Schools vs. High cost of Higher Education
A collection of articles and videos looking at Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
SAT preparation for College Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at the Affirmative Action and Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
Sexual assault issues on campus - University and College campus
Public land-grant universities in the USA
Piketty - Wealth, Inequality, Taxes, Policy

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Article

Workers in southern Europe are stuck in lousy jobs - The tempest

EMA ZELIKOVITCH, a 24-year-old philosophy graduate in Madrid, takes a deep breath before listing the jobs she has held over the past few years. Whi... (2017)


Article

Apartheid, or just apart? - France and its Muslims

WITH home-made rabbit pâté and fresh cuts of meat, Rémy Mirleau’s boucherie typifies local France, like the tricolour above the town hall. But in T... (2017)


Article

An overhaul of Brazilian labour law should spur job creation - Bye-bye, Benito

IN THE litany of bosses’ gripes about Brazil’s inclement business climate, rigid labour laws vie for pride of place with its convoluted tax laws an... (2017)


Article

Slavery’s legacies - Race relations

ALEXANDRA LORAS has lived in eight countries and visited 50-odd more. In most, any racism she might have experienced because of her black skin was ... (2017)


Article

Living on the edge: São Paulo’s inequality mapped

Cities | The Guardian | Life in South America’s largest metropolis is anything but uniform – the city’s core and its periphery are worlds apart ... (2017)


Article

Germany’s hidden hunger: On the breadline in Europe’s richest country

At a food bank in one of Germany’s wealthiest areas, growing poverty sparks anger ahead of upcoming elections. Munich and its surrounding area a... (2017)


Article

Poverty: What Does It Mean To Be Poor? - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Poverty is measured on the basis of income, but that is often too one-dimensional for such a complex phenomenon. Researchers have developed better ... (2017)


Article

Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan Fowler

As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about ... (2017)


Article

Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

The Economist, 2017: "A weaker dollar and an energy boom are pushing up pay... "In 2015 median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose 5... (2017)


Article

The end of the housing supply debate (maybe)

The City Observatory is a study of modern-day cities and urban development practices. Slowly, the rhetorical battle is being won, as affordable ho... (2017)


Article

We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business Review, 2017: “A survey shows specific traits are critical to women’s success. (2017)


Article

Growing homeless camps contrast with West Coast tech wealth

SEATTLE (AP) - Housing prices are soaring here thanks to the tech industry, but the boom comes with a consequence: A surge in homelessness marked b... (2017)


Article

Opinion | Tom Hanks on His Two Years at Chabot College

New York Times, 2015. Tom Hanks is an actor, producer and director. His 2011 film “Larry Crowne” was inspired by his years at Chabot College. ... (2017)


Article

America Has a Monopoly Problem—and It’s Huge

The Nation, By Joseph E. Stiglitz, "The Nobel Prize winner argues that an economy dominated by large corporations has failed the many and enriched ... (2017)


Article

Universal basic income: "Free Money at the Edge of the Tech Boom

2017, "A 27-year-old mayor is implementing a $1 million experiment in guaranteed income for residents of a poor city just outside the Bay Area. Th... (2017)


Article

After Universal Basic Income, The Flood

"What if we implement UBI and it makes everything worse?...Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a l... (2017)


Article

‘Weapons of Math Destruction’: A Data Scientist’s Warning About Impacts of Big Data - EdSurge News

“These days algorithms have taken on an almost godlike power—they’re up in the (data) clouds, watching everything, passing judgment and leaving us ... (2017)


Article

Poverty and the High cost of College

The California Sunday Magazine, 2017: "The College Try: Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But the... (2017)


Article

Grameen America will open micro-lending branch in Miami

Miami Herald, 2017: "the CEO of Grameen America announced Monday evening that the micro-lending organization for women would be bringing its servic... (2017)


Article

Miami: Amid economic recovery, numbers of working poor are growing, United Way report shows

Miami Herald, 2017: "About six out of 10 Miami-Dade County residents are struggling to pay for the basic necessities of food, housing, transportati... (2017)


Article

India unveils $2.5 billion plan to electrify all households by end 2018

Reuters, 2017: "India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a $2.5 billion project to electrify all of the country’s households by the ... (2017)


Article

YC: Basic Income Research Proposal

YCombinator Basic Income Research Proposal. For the past year, we’ve been putting together the best possible research plan to study the effects of... (2017)


Article

Two billion people don’t have safe drinking water: what does this really mean for them?

For billions, it can mean hours spent collecting water. For almost a million, it means dying from disease. (2025)


Article

Writers on strike beware: Hollywood has changed for ever

Blame Netflix if you like, but it is well placed to survive the work stoppage | Business (2023)


Article

The North Side Skull & Bone Gang - Mardi Gras

Past the crowds and balconies of Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras Day has started the same way since 1819, with a neighborhood tradition as unexpected as... (2023)


Article

Book Review: ‘The Exceptions,’ - sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T., by Nancy Zernike - The New York Times

Kate Zernike’s “The Exceptions” tells the infuriating, inspiring story of the sexism faced by female scientists at M.I.T. — and how they fought back. (2023)


Article

Why Did Harvard University Go After One of Its Best Black Professors?

Roland Fryer Jr.’s life is a movie script: A man abandoned by his mom and raised by an alcoholic dad became the youngest black professor to ever se... (2022)


Article

Universal basic income is here—it just looks different from what you expected

The pandemic took the concept of universal basic income out of the hands of Silicon Valley tech bros—and brought it to the people. (2021)


Article

Germany is apologising for crimes a century ago in Namibia | The Economist

The slaughter of the Herero was genocide, says Berlin | Europe (2021)


Article

Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


Video

Lagos: Nigeria’s Growth Is Unsustainable. Here’s Why.

Nigeria’s Growth Is Unsustainable. Here’s Why. (2024)


Video

The new land rush in Wyoming

Teton County in Wyoming is home to the widest income divide in America, with a median house price of more than $5 million and an average income of ... (2023)


Video

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


Video

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)


Video

KQED Learn | Discussions: The Gene : An Intimate History and Eugenics

How Can We Avoid the Mistakes of the Past? Eugenics is the idea that people can improve humanity by regulating who is allowed to reproduce and ... (2020)


Video

Making It | What It Costs To Live In San Francisco

VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)


Video

Warren’s Wealth Tax, reviewed - “A better way to tax the rich” - VOX

American wealth inequality is staggering. A wealth tax, which would hone in on the money people actually have, rather than just the money we earn a... (2019)


Video

Mapping poverty in America | The Economist

America is the richest country in the world, but it also has one of the biggest divides between rich and poor. What can a zip code reveal about ine... (2018)


Video

Malala Yousafzai (UN Messenger of Peace) on "Financing the Future: Education 2030"

Remarks by Ms. Malala Yousafzai (United Nations Messenger of Peace) at the event entitled "Financing the Future: Education 2030". (2018)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

Bill Gates on Factfulness

Bill Gates recently read Hans Rosling's new book "Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think." I... (2018)


Video

The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

Story of Access (race training at Starbucks) - by Stanley Nelson

This short film by Stanley Nelson explores the impact of bias within public accommodations as well as the possibilities for a better future. (2018)


Video

Puzzle of Growth: Rich Countries and Poor Countries - Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University Published on Feb 16, 2016 Throughout this section of the course, we’ve been trying to solve a complicated economic... (2018)


Video

Making It | What It Costs To Live in Toronto - Vice News

VICE News Published on Sep 15, 2017 Canada is often lauded for its healthcare system but if you’re trying to buy a place in Toronto, the housin... (2018)


Video

Wealth Gap: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight Published on Jul 13, 2014 John Oliver discusses America's growing wealth gap and why it may be a problem in the future. Connec... (2018)


Video

Inside Rio’s favelas, the city's neglected neighborhoods - Vox

The Rio you won’t see at the Olympics Watch part 1, "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see" (2018)


Video

Puzzle of Growth: Rich Countries and Poor Countries - Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University Published on Feb 16, 2016 Throughout this section of the course, we’ve been trying to solve a complicated economic... (2018)


Video

"Brotopia" author on Silicon Valley sexism

Silicon Valley may be a place of incredible innovation, but some say what most needs to change is its own business culture. A new book called "Brot... (2018)


Video

The Next 3 Billion in Financial Services | a16z

a16z Published on Jan 21, 2018 Traditional banking services have fallen flat for an enormous segment of the population -- whether because they’... (2018)


Podcast

274- The Age of the Algorithm - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict i... (2022)


Podcast

Access & Opportunity Podcast || Carla Harris and Freada Kapor Klein

Carla Harris talks to Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Capital, which invests in entrepreneurs who are women or from multicultural backgrounds. (2018)


Book

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the con... (2023)


Book

The Equality Machine

At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire, Orly Lobel, a renowned tech policy scholar, defends technology as a powerful tool we can ha... (2023)


Website

The 1619 Project Curriculum

The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)


Website

Elpha: where women in tech talk candidly online

Elpha is where women in tech talk candidly online. We're a private community where members come for personal and professional development, to start... (2020)


Website

All Raise - Dedicated to diversity in funders & founders

We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)


Note

Poverty, and the cost of college

The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)


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