As China’s economy declines, inequality is growing. A recent study by Yu Xie and Xiang Zhou finds that China’s Gini coefficient surpassed 0.50 in 2010…
A worker hands a food order over to a customer as demonstrators march through a Burger King restaurant drive-thru in Atlanta, Georgia, protesting for higher wages and a worker’s union.
With 17 months before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their targets by the December 2015 deadline, the United Nations is trumpeting its limited successes
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 9 2014 (IPS) – In recent months, an unprecedented surge of refugee women and children has been traveling alone to the United States to seek protection at our southern border.
World Cup host team and 5-time champion Brazil, which Nate Silver picked to win the entire tournament for a sixth time, looked like kindergarten students on the field with Germany yesterday.
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten, Jul 2 2014 (IPS) – As the costs of climate change continue to mount, officials with the Commonwealth grouping say it is vital that Small Island Developing States (SIDS)…
You can’t ignore a rogue Caribbean communist island a jump from the Florida coast, especially when it’s run by guys named Castro. But President Obama didn’t want his spot blown when he sent a low-key missive to Cuban President Raúl Castro just a couple of weeks ago.
Mass slaughter, rape, torture, pillage, perpetual war, cultural degradation, creating social divisions, psychological manipulation.
FIFA boss Sepp Blatter was strutting like a rooster over the weekend about the absence of mass protests during Brazil’s World Cup.
ROSEAU, Dominica, Monday July 7, 2014, CMC – Dominica’s indigenous population goes to the polls Monday to elect a new Carib Chief.
The Alliance of Concern Men, D.C. Fatherhood Coalition, and the 100 Fathers presented BLEA Washington D.C. Representative Ron Hampton with the “2014 Father of the Year Award
At the semi-annual summit of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which concluded in Antigua this weekend, CARICOM leaders agreed to establish a commission to review marijuana policy in the region in order to assess the need for reforms to marijuana laws.