The Politics of Inequality

The world today is very different from what Lula found when he last inhabited the presidential palace. Important allies now find themself on opposite sides in a confrontational international environment

Ordinary Germans are taking a harder line on Russia than at any point in the country’s post-war history.

 Journalist, author & activist Chris Hedges spoke at the Munk School of Global Affairs on October 20.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses the issue of inequality with the head of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

The Nobel Laureate discusses the causes and consequences of inequality and what we can do about it.

How did inequality within indigenous communities — the most serious, current consequence being the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women — creep from out of mind to front of news coverage? It involved much determination, passion, and love.  Journalist Angela Sterritt brings to life six stories from a movement finally resonating in Canada. 

The agreement of
a third bailout takes the edge off the financial crisis, but widens the gap in
Greece between those at the bottom and those who have the means to weather the
storm.   

The Green Party leader has been working on the climate change agenda since 1986, but she’s still hopeful.

The American economist gave a presentation at the University of British Columbia as part of the Liu Institute for Global Issues’ Lind Initiative.

Tackling
inequality and poverty aren’t mutually exclusive; rather, efforts devoted to
fighting the former contribute to solving the latter. 

In this candid interview, Abramson sits down with the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti as part of the Lind Initiative with UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues.

The region has a ways to go for same-sex equality but specific cases show how coalitions, institutions and the strategic framing of demands can help create policy change.

Was one high-profile advocacy video the undoing of Invisible Children, or was it the final straw for an NGO whose work was built on misplaced intentions? Andrew Green visits northern Uganda to find out.

An interview with economist Dambisa Moyo on the state of inequality and the solutions in our midst.

As air pollution, lead poisoning and other environmental impacts affect the marginalized more acutely, hopes of sustainability and equality begin to sprout in gardens around the globe.

Advice for women of colour to ‘lean in’ falls flat when being strong and black is still viewed as a threat.

In Bangladesh, home to the world’s worst record on child marriage, women’s rights are slowly making gains.

With real problems plaguing lower income Canadians, why has this election campaign focused so much on the middle class?