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UK Pension Gap Highlights Financial Insecurity
Nearly half of UK working-age adults lack private or workplace pensions, impacting low earners, women, and ethnic minorities disproportionately, due to immediate financial priorities, self-employment challenges, and varying cultural expectations.
UK Pension Gap Highlights Financial Insecurity
Nearly half of UK working-age adults lack private or workplace pensions, impacting low earners, women, and ethnic minorities disproportionately, due to immediate financial priorities, self-employment challenges, and varying cultural expectations.
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32% Bias Score
New Australian MPs' Speeches Highlight Social Justice and Economic Concerns
The first speeches of Australia's new parliamentarians reveal personal journeys of overcoming adversity, highlighting issues such as disability rights, child welfare, and economic inequality, with an initial emphasis on social justice from Labor MPs followed by a focus on economic concerns from the ...
New Australian MPs' Speeches Highlight Social Justice and Economic Concerns
The first speeches of Australia's new parliamentarians reveal personal journeys of overcoming adversity, highlighting issues such as disability rights, child welfare, and economic inequality, with an initial emphasis on social justice from Labor MPs followed by a focus on economic concerns from the ...
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44% Bias Score
Longer NHS Waits Lead to Increased Emergency Care Use
New research reveals a strong correlation between NHS treatment wait times and increased emergency care use afterward; those waiting over a year had 31% more A&E visits post-treatment, compared to an 18% reduction for those treated within 18 weeks. This highlights inequalities in access to timely ca...
Longer NHS Waits Lead to Increased Emergency Care Use
New research reveals a strong correlation between NHS treatment wait times and increased emergency care use afterward; those waiting over a year had 31% more A&E visits post-treatment, compared to an 18% reduction for those treated within 18 weeks. This highlights inequalities in access to timely ca...
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48% Bias Score
Ibero-American Leaders Unite Against Far-Right Rise at Historic Site
Progressive leaders from five Ibero-American nations met at Chile's Palacio de La Moneda on Monday to discuss combating the global rise of the far-right, planning future summits and collaborative efforts to address disinformation, inequality, and strengthen democratic institutions.
Ibero-American Leaders Unite Against Far-Right Rise at Historic Site
Progressive leaders from five Ibero-American nations met at Chile's Palacio de La Moneda on Monday to discuss combating the global rise of the far-right, planning future summits and collaborative efforts to address disinformation, inequality, and strengthen democratic institutions.
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56% Bias Score
Greece's Uneven Recovery: Wealth Inequality Amidst High Living Costs
Despite Greece's economic growth and wage increases, a large portion of the population faces financial difficulties due to high living costs and tax burdens, highlighted by the contrast between luxury tourism and the average citizen's income of €20,000, while a recent scandal reveals the persistence...
Greece's Uneven Recovery: Wealth Inequality Amidst High Living Costs
Despite Greece's economic growth and wage increases, a large portion of the population faces financial difficulties due to high living costs and tax burdens, highlighted by the contrast between luxury tourism and the average citizen's income of €20,000, while a recent scandal reveals the persistence...
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48% Bias Score
Millions of US Workers Lack Retirement Plan Access, Facing Financial Insecurity
A Pew Charitable Trusts study finds that 56 million US private sector workers lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, exacerbating existing inequalities and threatening future financial security, particularly given the impending depletion of Social Security trust funds by 2034.
Millions of US Workers Lack Retirement Plan Access, Facing Financial Insecurity
A Pew Charitable Trusts study finds that 56 million US private sector workers lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans, exacerbating existing inequalities and threatening future financial security, particularly given the impending depletion of Social Security trust funds by 2034.
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40% Bias Score
OBBBA Provides Tax Deduction for Seniors, Highlights Tax Disparity for NRAs
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed July 4, 2025, introduces a temporary tax deduction of up to \$6,000 (\$12,000 jointly) for taxpayers aged 65 or older, from 2025-2028, reducing taxable income but not eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits; this contrasts with the 30% withholding...
OBBBA Provides Tax Deduction for Seniors, Highlights Tax Disparity for NRAs
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed July 4, 2025, introduces a temporary tax deduction of up to \$6,000 (\$12,000 jointly) for taxpayers aged 65 or older, from 2025-2028, reducing taxable income but not eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits; this contrasts with the 30% withholding...
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48% Bias Score
Germany's Immigrant Student Achievement Gap: A Systemic Issue
Germany's high immigrant population (20 percent) significantly impacts its schools, creating an achievement gap between immigrant and native students unparalleled globally. This is discussed in the ZEIT podcast 'Das Politikteil' featuring education editor Martin Spiewak, highlighting the need for re...
Germany's Immigrant Student Achievement Gap: A Systemic Issue
Germany's high immigrant population (20 percent) significantly impacts its schools, creating an achievement gap between immigrant and native students unparalleled globally. This is discussed in the ZEIT podcast 'Das Politikteil' featuring education editor Martin Spiewak, highlighting the need for re...
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60% Bias Score
Ankara Government Building Rents for 1,600 TL/Apartment While TOKİ Installments Rise by 37%
A 13-story, 52-apartment government building in Ankara rents for 88,000 TL monthly (1,600 TL/apartment), with the lessee reportedly connected to Minister Vedat Işıkhan, while TOKİ increased installments by 37 percent, harming low-income families.
Ankara Government Building Rents for 1,600 TL/Apartment While TOKİ Installments Rise by 37%
A 13-story, 52-apartment government building in Ankara rents for 88,000 TL monthly (1,600 TL/apartment), with the lessee reportedly connected to Minister Vedat Işıkhan, while TOKİ increased installments by 37 percent, harming low-income families.
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60% Bias Score
Milan's Post-Expo Reversal: From Inclusive Growth to Socio-Economic Disparity
Milan's post-Expo 2015 economic boom reversed sharply, leading to soaring real estate prices, increased living costs, middle-class displacement, and a surge in tourism, highlighting the risks of unchecked growth driven by global capital.
Milan's Post-Expo Reversal: From Inclusive Growth to Socio-Economic Disparity
Milan's post-Expo 2015 economic boom reversed sharply, leading to soaring real estate prices, increased living costs, middle-class displacement, and a surge in tourism, highlighting the risks of unchecked growth driven by global capital.
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44% Bias Score
Dutch Author Boycotts Mainstream Media Due to Populist Focus
A Dutch author describes their decision to avoid mainstream news due to its focus on divisive populist issues like asylum migration, instead engaging with podcasts offering alternative perspectives on capitalism, consumption, and societal issues.
Dutch Author Boycotts Mainstream Media Due to Populist Focus
A Dutch author describes their decision to avoid mainstream news due to its focus on divisive populist issues like asylum migration, instead engaging with podcasts offering alternative perspectives on capitalism, consumption, and societal issues.
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52% Bias Score
Voluntourism: A Critique of Short-Term Volunteer Programs and their Neocolonial Impacts
Short-term volunteer programs, or "voluntourism," often displace local professionals, create dependency, and perpetuate neocolonial power dynamics in developing countries, highlighting the need for long-term, collaborative approaches that prioritize local leadership and empowerment.
Voluntourism: A Critique of Short-Term Volunteer Programs and their Neocolonial Impacts
Short-term volunteer programs, or "voluntourism," often displace local professionals, create dependency, and perpetuate neocolonial power dynamics in developing countries, highlighting the need for long-term, collaborative approaches that prioritize local leadership and empowerment.
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68% Bias Score
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