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VICTORIA — The B.C. government’s main union has accused the New Democrats of engaging in “delaying and intimidation tactics” around a new contract for the more than 30,000 unionized ...
Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than $2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these ...
The main findings show that in general, a basic income support grant has the potential to reduce poverty and inequality in South Africa. However, the effect varies based on the targeting mechanism ...
Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in extreme poverty (that is, on less than US$2.15 a day). Nearly 67% of these ...
A Brookings Institution analysis from 2022 argued that while India has reduced multidimensional poverty impressively, income inequality and consumption disparities have widened, raising questions ...
Government makes most things worse. President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a war on poverty; President Richard Nixon a war on drugs. Both had good intentions, but their "wars" do more harm than good.
A shockingly blatant REPO ripoff has surfaced on the Nintendo Store, and it's got the kahunas to list a Switch 2 file size, which presumes the unlikely possibility that it even makes it to the ...
The remedy phase of Google's search antitrust trial is getting underway, and the government is seeking to force major changes. The next few weeks could reshape Google as a company and ...
As we approach Earth Day this Tuesday, it’s tempting to believe that the world is on the brink of environmental collapse. We are constantly inundated by dire predictions of climate catastrophe ...
Just days before UFC 314, fans learned that a massive wager had been placed on the main event, and suddenly, what looked like a solid pick has many fans scrambling to knock on wood. According to ...
Ray Dalio says the takeaway from Trump's tariffs shouldn't be about the tariffs themselves. The billionaire said people should instead focus on the factors that led to Trump's rise. Dalio ...
Twenty-five years ago, Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential” shined a light on the squalid side of restaurants—bullying, hard drugs, rampant sexism. In 2017, Mario Batali was brought ...