As we watch the wave of revelations from the Epstein files engulf our politics and the powerful, toppling royalty and other elites from their exalted positions, one question keeps surfacing — why did so many of the rich and powerful get entangled with Epstein, even after he had been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a […]
Extreme Inequality Created the World Jeffrey Epstein Exploited Read More »
Most of us can sense it. Society feels off-kilter. Progress on the big issues seems to have stalled, and any optimism that life will be better for our children, and for safe stewardship of our Earth, has faded. We see problems everywhere we look—in our health, our communities, our economy and our environment—and it feels as if
Weaving a good society on the bedrock of equality Read More »
Inequality has a profoundly negative effect on health and wellbeing, write Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Not because it suddenly kills, but because it slowly reshapes how people live, relate, cope, and age. Rather than behaving like a toxin that produces a sudden spike in mortality after a fixed incubation period, inequality is more like a fog that gradually seeps into bodies, relationships, and institutions over time.
Inequality and health: Lost in the mists of time? Read More »
