Women around the world reach retirement with just 74% of the wealth accumulated by men, with the biggest disparities seen among women in senior expert and leadership roles, a new Read more
Tag: civil liberties
Opinion: Wall Street CEOs confirm their allegiance to Beijing
China has been in the news plenty this year. First there was the controversy surrounding Beijing’s hosting of the Winter Olympics. And then the United Nations issued a report confirming China’s “crimes against humanity.” Read more
Property appraisers valued an interracial couple’s home at $310,000 when they met the Black homeowner — but gave their white partner a $350,000 valuation
Interracial couples were assigned different appraisal values for their homes in the Baltimore, Md., area depending on the skin color of the partner who greeted the appraiser and whether the Read more
Renters’ ‘political mobilization’ could influence the midterm elections and California reparations push could give Black residents hundreds of thousands of dollars — here’s what they say they would do with it
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Property appraisers valued an interracial couple’s home at $310,000 when they met the Black homeowner — but gave their white partner a $350,000 Read more
Opinion: Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will destroy freedom of speech, not protect it
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—In 1897, the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst sent illustrator Frederic Remington to cover the Cuban War of Independence. When Remington relayed that “there will be no war,” Read more
Opinion: China’s economy is rotting from the head
BOSTON (Project Syndicate)—China highlights a long-debated question about economic development: Can a top-down autocracy outperform liberal market economies in terms of innovation and growth? Between 1980 and 2019, China’s average Read more
Opinion: American democracy was broken long before the MAGA zealots denied the election and stormed the Capitol
PRINCETON, N.J. (Project Syndicate) – The current mainstream narrative in the United States holds that democracy is under threat from MAGA zealots, election deniers, and Republicans who are threatening to Read more
Ahead of midterm elections, Republican and Democratic parents ‘deeply polarized’ over K-12 school subjects, including gender identity, slavery and prayer
Parents are divided over what their children are taught in the classroom. Parents are “deeply polarized” along political lines over whether their children should learn whether about gender identity and Read more
Apple, Spotify should ‘stop working’ with Kanye West, says Ari Emanuel
Entertainment industry super-agent Ari Emanuel is asking businesses to stop working with Kanye West after the artist’s recent, controversial comments about Jewish people. “Apple AAPL, -0.60% and Spotify SPOT, -1.64%, Read more
So long, senior centers and nursing homes. Older adults don’t want to spend their time in places where they are seen as victims in decline.
At 104 years old, Sally has more stories than you can imagine. As a young woman during World War II, she was the embodiment of Rosie the Riveter, working in Read more