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Waste Wars: Exposing the Global Inequalities of Waste Disposal
Alexander Clapp's "Waste Wars" exposes the global inequalities of waste disposal, detailing illegal dumping, dubious recycling practices, and the disproportionate impact on developing nations, using examples such as a plastic bag's journey from London to Turkey and highlighting the 2020 Nature repor...
Waste Wars: Exposing the Global Inequalities of Waste Disposal
Alexander Clapp's "Waste Wars" exposes the global inequalities of waste disposal, detailing illegal dumping, dubious recycling practices, and the disproportionate impact on developing nations, using examples such as a plastic bag's journey from London to Turkey and highlighting the 2020 Nature repor...
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44% Bias Score
Gelsenkirchen: Poverty, Populism, and the Fight for Revival
Gelsenkirchen, Germany's poorest city, grapples with 14% unemployment, €18,000 average yearly income, and the rise of the far-right AfD, despite community-led revitalization projects like the Nordsternpark and Kreativquartier Bochumer Strasse.
Gelsenkirchen: Poverty, Populism, and the Fight for Revival
Gelsenkirchen, Germany's poorest city, grapples with 14% unemployment, €18,000 average yearly income, and the rise of the far-right AfD, despite community-led revitalization projects like the Nordsternpark and Kreativquartier Bochumer Strasse.
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52% Bias Score
Resort Towns Face Acute Affordable Housing Crisis
The US faces a significant affordable housing shortage, most acutely felt in resort towns where high demand from second-home buyers and vacationers has priced out local workers; new developments like Rifle Apartments in Colorado aim to address this issue.
Resort Towns Face Acute Affordable Housing Crisis
The US faces a significant affordable housing shortage, most acutely felt in resort towns where high demand from second-home buyers and vacationers has priced out local workers; new developments like Rifle Apartments in Colorado aim to address this issue.
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28% Bias Score
Tenerife Protest Demands Tourism Limits Amidst Environmental Concerns
Dozens protested a tourism congress in Tenerife on Sunday, demanding limits to mass tourism due to its negative social and environmental impacts, including pollution from over 200 active sewage outlets along the coast and displacement of locals. The group 'Canarias tiene un límite' organized the pro...
Tenerife Protest Demands Tourism Limits Amidst Environmental Concerns
Dozens protested a tourism congress in Tenerife on Sunday, demanding limits to mass tourism due to its negative social and environmental impacts, including pollution from over 200 active sewage outlets along the coast and displacement of locals. The group 'Canarias tiene un límite' organized the pro...
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32% Bias Score
Spanish Government Faces Backlash Over Minimum Wage Tax Decision
Spain's Ministry of Finance's refusal to adjust the IRPF following a SMI increase sparked political backlash from coalition partners and opposition parties, despite Spain having the EU's lowest tax rate on low incomes (6.7%) according to Eurostat and Eurofound data.
Spanish Government Faces Backlash Over Minimum Wage Tax Decision
Spain's Ministry of Finance's refusal to adjust the IRPF following a SMI increase sparked political backlash from coalition partners and opposition parties, despite Spain having the EU's lowest tax rate on low incomes (6.7%) according to Eurostat and Eurofound data.
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48% Bias Score
Spanish Minimum Wage Tax Creates Regional Disparities
The Spanish government's decision to tax minimum wage earners, resulting in a 21.4 euro monthly deduction, impacts mostly single, childless minimum wage earners in most of Spain's regions, except Madrid and Valencia where tax benefits offset the deduction.
Spanish Minimum Wage Tax Creates Regional Disparities
The Spanish government's decision to tax minimum wage earners, resulting in a 21.4 euro monthly deduction, impacts mostly single, childless minimum wage earners in most of Spain's regions, except Madrid and Valencia where tax benefits offset the deduction.
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52% Bias Score
House Republicans' Tax Cut Plan Faces Scrutiny Amidst Contradictory Economic Data
House Republicans propose extending tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, primarily benefiting high-income households, while simultaneously cutting funding for Medicaid and SNAP, impacting vulnerable populations; this plan contradicts the supply-side economic theory underpinning the tax cuts...
House Republicans' Tax Cut Plan Faces Scrutiny Amidst Contradictory Economic Data
House Republicans propose extending tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, primarily benefiting high-income households, while simultaneously cutting funding for Medicaid and SNAP, impacting vulnerable populations; this plan contradicts the supply-side economic theory underpinning the tax cuts...
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60% Bias Score
Trumpism's National-Capitalism: A Historical Parallel and its Unsustainable Future
Donald Trump's presidency has highlighted the resurgence of national-capitalism, an aggressive economic model similar to 19th-century European colonialism, characterized by authoritarianism and resource extraction, ultimately unsustainable due to internal contradictions and the rise of competing eco...
Trumpism's National-Capitalism: A Historical Parallel and its Unsustainable Future
Donald Trump's presidency has highlighted the resurgence of national-capitalism, an aggressive economic model similar to 19th-century European colonialism, characterized by authoritarianism and resource extraction, ultimately unsustainable due to internal contradictions and the rise of competing eco...
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56% Bias Score
Spanish Coalition Divided Over Minimum Wage Tax
A political dispute has erupted within Spain's governing coalition over the taxation of the recently increased minimum wage, with the socialist wing defending the tax as a sign of progress while left-wing parties oppose it due to the high tax rate.
Spanish Coalition Divided Over Minimum Wage Tax
A political dispute has erupted within Spain's governing coalition over the taxation of the recently increased minimum wage, with the socialist wing defending the tax as a sign of progress while left-wing parties oppose it due to the high tax rate.
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60% Bias Score
Massive Deposits Needed to Buy Homes in UK Cities
New research from April Mortgages shows that buying a home in over half of Britain's biggest towns and cities typically requires a deposit of over £100,000, with 16 locations demanding over £200,000, due to the widening gap between house prices and average incomes, impacting affordability for averag...
Massive Deposits Needed to Buy Homes in UK Cities
New research from April Mortgages shows that buying a home in over half of Britain's biggest towns and cities typically requires a deposit of over £100,000, with 16 locations demanding over £200,000, due to the widening gap between house prices and average incomes, impacting affordability for averag...
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56% Bias Score
AfD Dominates East German Polls Amidst Lingering Economic Anxieties
Ahead of Germany's February 23rd federal elections, the far-right AfD party leads polls in East Germany due to lingering economic anxieties from the post-1989 reunification, despite objective economic improvements; this highlights the disconnect between perceived and actual economic conditions.
AfD Dominates East German Polls Amidst Lingering Economic Anxieties
Ahead of Germany's February 23rd federal elections, the far-right AfD party leads polls in East Germany due to lingering economic anxieties from the post-1989 reunification, despite objective economic improvements; this highlights the disconnect between perceived and actual economic conditions.
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36% Bias Score
Study Explores Economic Impacts of Regional Minimum Wages in Spain
A study commissioned by Barcelona's Economic and Social Committee analyzes the potential impacts of regional minimum wages in Spain, suggesting that while they could reduce inequalities, careful implementation is vital to prevent unfair competition between businesses and regions, and highlighting th...
Study Explores Economic Impacts of Regional Minimum Wages in Spain
A study commissioned by Barcelona's Economic and Social Committee analyzes the potential impacts of regional minimum wages in Spain, suggesting that while they could reduce inequalities, careful implementation is vital to prevent unfair competition between businesses and regions, and highlighting th...
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36% Bias Score
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