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There are rich neighbourhoods and poor ones in every city as none is comprised of households with the same income. Nonetheless, data shows that inequality is rising in the cities of the Americas.
Eugenio Peluso and Francesco Andreoli wanted to understand why this is happening. Their research identified three types of cities in the United States, with contradictory consequences for their residents.
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Skid Row in Los Angeles, a city where rich and poor live in very close proximity – for better and for worse.
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Eugenio Peluso, University of Verona; Francesco Andreoli, Luxemburg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
A new study shows what growing local inequality in American cities looks like and asks what that means for people who live in them.
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Environment + Energy
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Dana Cordell, University of Technology Sydney; Dena Fam, University of Technology Sydney; Nick Florin, University of Technology Sydney
Regulation can't keep up with the thousands of harmful chemicals that wash down our drains. Rather, companies should take responsibility for their products – before they hit the market.
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Politics + Society
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Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Gulf University for Science and Technology
The visit has wider implications for the entire Middle East.
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Dina Afrianty, Australian Catholic University
The gathering of almost 500 female religious scholars in Indonesia in the world's first Female Clerics Congress shows Muslim women's fight for equality.
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