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Child marriage rates in countries like India are witnessing a spike due to climate change-worsened extreme weather
The commodification of daughters often reduces them to "burdens" to be sold off when the family is …
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How Microsoft Dynamics 365 is helping organisations ‘get IT all together’
Let’s consider two different scenarios at two of India’s leading enterprises. The first one - K…
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland moves to end crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparities
Garland said the disparity is "not supported by science," remarking that "there are no significant …
John L. Dorman
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The massive increase in NWSL Challenge Cup prize money 'changes people's lives,' players say
"This is a lot of money for people," Megan Rapinoe told Insider. "For the majority of people that p…
Meredith Cash
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CDC: Syphilis rates among newborns rose 235% in just 4 years
Undiagnosed syphilis can spread in the womb. It's easily treated with antibiotics but can be deadly…
Hilary Brueck
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The March jobs report was the first good month for Black women in a while
In March, more Black women entered the labor market — and fewer Black women were unemployed. It's a…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Here's what 9 top CEOs have to say about systemic racism and inequality in America
America is at a crucial turning point. The pandemic is laying bare pitfalls in our economy and heal…
Marguerite Ward
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Advocates want to spend $11 billion to fix Austin's crappy public-transit system. But many critics say the price tag is too high for a system hardly anyone will use.
Advocates say trains and buses benefit residents by reducing congestion and even making housing mor…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Why a 'colorblind' approach to economic policy doesn't work in closing the racial wealth gap
Kyle Strickland of think tank the Roosevelt Institute said we need a more equitable distribution of…
Paul Constant
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In most states, racial disparities lead to lower quality of healthcare for communities of color, new study finds
The report looked at factors driving the US healthcare system and found white people fared the best…
DeArbea Walker
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Nouriel Roubini says the idea that BRICS countries will create a new world order is wrong as they are a 'mishmash' of systems
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are hobbled by their different political systems and …
Filip De Mott
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Stress speeds up immune ageing: Study
According to a new USC study, stress in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressor…
ANI
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Businesses are desperate to hire, but Black workers' unemployment went up in August: 'It's not that you can't find anybody - you can't find the people you want'
It's "the self-evident discrimination in the labor market revealing itself," Howard University prof…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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Billionaire Ray Dalio donates $50 million to address racial and ethnic disparities in America's health system
Dalio has previously spoken out about inequality in the US, saying the American dream is "lost" due…
Marguerite Ward
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20 federal agencies use facial recognition technologies that store billions of photos
The Government Accountability Office surveyed 42 federal agencies on their use and regulation of fa…
Morgan Keith
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Racial disparities have reduced Black life expectancy and left more than 3 million Black families in the US with a negative net worth, warns a new McKinsey report
A new McKinsey report released this week on the eve of the Juneteenth holiday has underscored the e…
Reed Alexander
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Black people are twice as likely to get COVID-19 as white people, according to the largest analysis of its kind
A meta-analysis including more than 18 million people found Black and Asian people were disproporti…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Challenging the massive gender imbalance on Wikipedia. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers are defying the sexists to write women back into history.
Only 18% of Wikipedia's biographies are about women. Volunteers from the 'Women in Red' project are…
Joshua Zitser
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WNBA teams to combat racial and health inequities through a one-of-a-kind partnership with US healthcare giant
The New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks, Atlanta Dream, and Indiana Fever have struck up a histori…
Meredith Cash
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Most COVID-19 vaccines are going to white people, even though the pandemic has ravaged communities of color
State data indicates more COVID-19 shots have gone to white people, even though Black people and ot…