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The phrase “defund the police” has become a rallying cry in the wake of last summer’s uprising for racial justice and a radical reimagining of policing and public safety. While the concept has been on the minds of racial justice advocates since at least 2016, it has raised some concerns and confusion for those less familiar with the movement.

“Won’t taking funds away from the police make communities more dangerous?” people frequently ask me in discussions about the topic. “Aren’t police vital to maintain order and keep communities safe?”

I tell them they are missing the bigger picture. Throughout California, local […]

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Government officials held internal discussions regarding temporary income support of around Rs 5,000-6,000 per month for the urban and rural poor who had lost their livelihoods in the nationwide lockdown last year, according to Pronab Sen, head of a standing committee to overhaul India’s economic statistics and data collection.

Representational picture The government held discussions to consider providing a minimum income support programme designed to help India’s poorest households who bore the brunt of the pandemic, said a top official.

These discussions held last year concerned a temporary income support of around Rs 5,000-6,000 per month for the urban and […]

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WhatsApp Image 2021-06-11 at 11.21.26 Youth Day has now officially passed but that certainly does not mean issues concerning young people are a thing of the past. Instead, there should be a greater focus on young people and the issues they are facing. That’s why the #BeTheDrivingForce series with Youth Capital and The Daily Vox is only just getting started. We have plenty more conversations coming up and the special surprise to end off the series.

To mark June 16, the series had a double feature. In the morning, we hosted a Facebook Live with a focus on the […]

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Tito Mboweni Photographer: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni told an investment conference the Treasury won’t back down on its insistence that any wage agreement for state workers mustn’t breach the government’s fiscal ceiling.

Mboweni made the comments at a conference organized by JSE Ltd. and sponsored by Citibank and Absa Group Ltd. that’s closed to the media, a person attending the event told Bloomberg, asking not to be identified.

Mboweni angered powerful labor unions allied to the ruling African National Congress last year by reneging on a prior deal to raise wages for 1.3 million government workers. […]

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The announcement of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot is one of the most eye-catching Welsh Government policy proposals of recent times.

There are strongly held opinions on either side of the debate around UBI. Its advocates describe it as having the potential to be “our generation’s NHS”, while others consider that it’s “not the answer to poverty”.

Our article gets into the detail of the debate, exploring arguments for and against UBI, what the devolution settlement means for a Welsh pilot, and what evidence from elsewhere can tell us. What is UBI, and what is being proposed in Wales? UBI […]

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Photo courtesy of Kraken Images via Unsplash Philanthropy itself offers many positives, including being the ability to serve the greater society, create global change and improve our overall quality of life. However, the business side of philanthropy can also be greatly rewarding, once an understanding is reached about how to take advantage of current systems to optimize the business behind charity, therefore extending influence. Track Two Podcast cohosts Sarah Gerber and Joanne Gouaux’s conversations with their esteemed guests cover these topics and provide a general framework through their own stories. Each person has created a career out of their […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Uruguay experienced this Thursday its second general strike against the Executive of Luis Lacalle Pou in a “positive” day, according to the trade union central PIT-CNT, with normal activity in a good part of the economic life and questioned by the ruling party which saw it as an excuse for the collection of signatures against a law which is intended to be put to a referendum.

This 24-hour general strike which, according to the secretary-general of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdala, was “against hunger and inequality, for work and wages”, was carried out with various activities […]

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said her department was considering a more comprehensive social security system for South Africa.

Responding to a written parliamentary question and answer from the Democratic Alliance, Zulu said the government will create a three-pillar system comprising social grants, contributory social insurance and voluntary insurance.

This will ensure that those who can contribute to their own social security provision have appropriate institutional platforms to participate in social security coverage, she said.“The policy makes many proposals to ensure that all workers in the country, both in the formal sector and in non-standard forms of employment, are mandated or […]

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