Inequality
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What's behind the quiet rise of homelessness in the countryside?Hidden from view, tents and old caravans are dotting the UK’s landscape this winter, as more and more people are forced to live rough in our woods and fields
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Randolph Bourne's 1911 essay on disability shocked society. But what's changed since?The American intellectual’s controversial account, The Handicapped - By One of Them, still resonates today. It also begs the question: what progress has been made since his death 100 years ago? -
How eviction leads to homelessness: ‘My youngest child doesn’t know what a home is’Loss of tenancy – sometimes with just two months’ notice – is a major cause of homelessness, forcing families into temporary accommodation. These photographs show how people living in north Wales have been affected -
Inequality is under attack - but what should equality really look like?In 2017 inequality was highlighted like never before. Now we need to open our political imaginations to determine what a more equal world really is
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India’s blind cricketers are champions – but money is still a sticky wicketUnlike India’s superstar IPL players, blind cricketers have long managed with minimal funding. Could World Cup success bring them the support they deserve?
Pictures and video
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Aboard 'the beast': migrants' daring train ride through Mexico – in picturesVeronica G Cardenas photographed life on the freight train where Central Americans band together to make the brutal 20-day journey through Mexico
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Forget the fence: these are the real markers of the US-Mexico border – in picturesThe 276 monuments marking the US-Mexico border were erected in 1848. David Taylor, an Arizona-based artist and professor, photographed them all
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Occupation Hope: the DIY district ruled by women – in picturesThey’ve survived single parenthood, housing shortages and a devastating fire to build what they have today: Ocupação Esperança, a space in São Paulo where women are in charge and the poor are protected
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The colour of power: why is the British establishment so white? – video
Take the 1,000 most powerful people in Britain. How many are not white? Leah Green delves into the data on representation at the top of British society. From politics to law, charities, sport, business, the media and the military, the gatekeepers at the top of British society are overwhelmingly white
Income inequality
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Minimum wage would be £26,000 if rate matched executive pay rises, GMB findsGMB union highlights huge gap as top earnings soar ahead of worst paid workers’ wages
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The Guardian view on labour’s share: bigger slice neededEditorial: Capital is being hoarded by a wealthy few in Britain. The state should intervene to ensure more people have a greater share
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We’re hardwired to sleep, not to workLetters: The Conservative MP Nick Boles’s condemnation of universal basic income is rejected by Dr David Hardman, Jonathan Grudin and Patricia Whittaker
Comment
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May’s supposed massacre of the pale, male and stale leaves them remarkably well represented, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan FreedlandDon’t pity white, middle-aged men. It’s ludicrous to cast them as victims
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Malcolm Turnbull talks about love. His welfare bill is anything butThe proposed welfare changes won’t help people pay their mortgage, rent or find secure housing. They should be immediately discarded
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Age inequality
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‘We rebel against the system’: inside Soweto’s thriving punk sceneUnemployment is high in the Johannesburg township, but the band TCIYF are a surprising, positive influence for disenfranchised young people
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'Older people have pulled up the ladder': inside England's oldest and youngest townsMinehead has the oldest population in England, Manchester the youngest. What do they tell us about the way we live now?
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Camelot mulls £10k-a-month-for life lottery prize to attract youngUK national lottery operator considers shift in focus to entice younger generation wanting to get on to housing ladder
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The bank of Mum and Dad: ‘It’s such a huge amount of money. And guilt’The only way many young people can buy a home is by borrowing from family. But is it healthy – and what if parents can’t help out?
Money for nothing: is Finland's universal basic income trial too good to be true?