Social inequality refers to a situation in which individual groups in a society do not have equal social status, social class, and social circle. Areas of social inequality include voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, the extent of property rights and access to education, health care, quality housing, traveling, transportation, vacationing and other social goods and services.
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This Canadian city is giving out free bus passes to help those with low income
This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, ...
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Will the UK's housebuilding algorithm join the government's growing AI graveyard?
British councils have joined the immigration department and exam boards in ditching algorithms. The government's housebuilding ...
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Remote learning during the pandemic has hit vulnerable students the hardest
In the 15 years he’s been teaching, high school literature teacher Jude Mirambeau has never faced a school year like ...
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Algorithm that determines school exam results risks 'baking in inequality'
Politicians fear an algorithm used to calculate exam results will further entrench inequalities in the education system.
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How coronavirus could revolutionize work opportunities for people with disabilities
Did you know we have an online event about the future of work coming up? Join the Future of Work track at TNW2020 to hear ...
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4 steps towards decolonizing your business
When the British government abolished slavery in 1833, it handsomely compensated the 47,000 slave owners for the loss of ...
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How tech firms can drive growth — without making inequality worse
For many cities, tech hubs have been a key to jump starting economic growth in the wake of the global financial crisis. In ...
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To Gmail, Black Lives Matter emails are 'promotions'
As protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement continue around the United States, Gmail is treating emails ...
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Viral videos of racism: how old civil rights strategies are being used today
After a black bird-watcher filmed a white dog-walker on May 25 calling the police on him in response to his request she obey ...
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Elon Musk is 55% richer in 2020 — but Jeff Bezos is still tech's billionaire daddy
The wealth of the American billionaire class is up $565 billion since the COVID-19 shutdowns began, but nobody has made more ...
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How inequality is limiting young people’s experience of technology
There is a belief that younger people are fully engaged in the digital world. But I am currently leading a project exploring ...
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Exposure to air pollution could depend on your class, ethnicity, and gender
Poor air quality is responsible for over half a million deaths in Europe every year, but not everyone is equally at risk. ...
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What we can do to make sure automation doesn't negatively affect the work force
Artificial intelligence and automation are continuing to drill deeper into our society. In the business industry, ...
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Research: Germany's gender pay gap is a result of its lack of innovation
Technology has been blamed for a lot recently. Automation and artificial intelligence have supposedly led to substantial ...
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Scientists find link between DNA and social inequality
It’s well known that some areas of the UK are poorer than others. These include Wales and northern Britain, which used ...
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How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse
At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart ...
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Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less ...
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'Femvertising' does nothing for feminism
Over the past few years, feminism has become a new wave of “trendiness.” Instead of being associated with with man-hating, ...
