From April 7 to mid-July 1994, humanity was witness to one of the worst acts of barbarism in history: the Rwandan Genocide. This atrocious event was carried out, not only by the army, but also by butchers, herdsmen, bakers, businessmen, bus drivers, farmers, etc. To this day, a question remains: what makes 430,000 civilians grab all sorts of items as weapons to kill nearly one million of their fellow countrymen in just one hundred days? To understand this one must look back to the years and months prior to it and wonder how those in power were able to instill such hatred towards the T...
July 1, 2018 is the day when San Francisco’s new US$15 minimum wage comes into effect. Workers and civil rights groups have already applauded this decision, which will benefit directly low skill workers: retailers, landscapers, fast food employers, etc. As many as 86,000 workers, most of whom were women and minorities, would benefit according to estimates. San Francisco is not the only major U.S. city increasing minimum wages. New York City, Seattle and Los Angeles have also approved increases of up to US$15 by 2020. All these measures, an effort to reduce income inequality.
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Este artÃculo fue publicado originalmente el 17 de noviembre de 2017 en la sección Planeta Futuro del diario El PaÃs. El autor es el investigador junior del Navarra Center for International Development David Soler Crespo. A continuación se reproduce parcialmente el artÃculo. Puede consultar el artÃculo original aquÃ.
La última noche de Halloween, en la que los occidentales se disfrazan para dar miedo y los niños piden dulces en las puertas, un chi...