inequality
India Is Home to 169 Billionaires, But These Children Still Forage Through Trash
India’s massive landfills are visceral symbols of its extreme wealth and class inequalities.
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers Making $2 an Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT
Despite their integral role in building ChatGPT, the workers faced grueling conditions and low pay.
New Study Shows 'Man-Children' Are Destroying Women's Sex Drives
Here's how to spot the behaviour - and fix it.
This Country Has 70 New Millionaires Every Day. Why Is it Among the World’s Hungriest?
Nearly 800 million Indians depend on the government’s chronically underfunded food security programme.
31 Gigs in 14 Days: Contact Tracing Reveals Heart-Wrenching Life of a Migrant Worker
“This was the first time I cried reading contact-tracing information.”
Researchers: The NFT Economy Is Just as Unequal as the Real One
A growing number of studies indicate that a powerful few control the burgeoning market.
The Arms Race Fuelling the West Midlands' Gang Wars
"A tidal wave of violence is a very real possibility," said the region's former Police and Crime Commissioner.
A Bernie Mittens Costume Is Selling on Dolls Kill for $85
E-girl fashion website Dolls Kill is selling a Halloween costume that riffs on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his mittens on Inauguration Day.
Broke and Sweltering: Louisiana Is Struggling After Hurricane Ida
Some residents, who could not afford to evacuate, find themselves struggling with two disasters—a devastating hurricane and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Xi Jinping Wants China’s Richest to Make Less Money
The Communist Party leadership pledges to step up redistributing wealth in the country with the world’s most billionaires.
How to Check if the Business That Won’t Pay You a Fair Wage Got a PPP Loan
The loans are meant to be used, among other things, to help pay employees.
‘We Gave So Much’: Subway Conductor Who Caught COVID-19 Urges Workers to Fight
When Sujatha Gidla, the first Indian woman to conduct in the NYC subway, got sick, it was just one more time she grappled with inequality.