Little Big Man Gallery is pleased to announce Doug Rickard's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and debut the artist's latest body of work titled N.A. Rickard's new photography and video work continues to explore the darker side of urban America and highlights issues
of economic disparity, ever - present surveillance and tendencies toward publicity via social media.
They made their art accessible to the community as a way to contribute a sense of optimism in the midst
of the economic disparity, violence, and drug use that proliferated.
This creates a sense
of economic disparity that Quantic Dream attempts to explore.
Fryer won the MacArthur «genius» award for «illuminating the causes and consequences
of economic disparity due to race and inequality in American society... through innovative empirical and theoretical investigations.»
What if Christopher Nolan's Batman films had anchored themselves in a genuine sense
of economic disparity, rather than continually paying lip service to that idea through a vaguely conceived millionaire and his abuses of power?
The top 1 percent and the bottom 99 percent are separated by a difference of just 16 times in average annual earnings, which is a relatively low rate
of economic disparity.
At least in the U.S., though, studies on the recession are now starting to shine the light on another type
of economic disparity that's also been growing: wealth inequality.
Moskowitz's treatment
of economic disparities is illustrative.
Not exact matches
Economic disparity has been diminished in a meaningful way for a handful
of people, and that's a welcome change.
The larger
disparity between white men's and women
of color's earnings could be attributed to the fact that «women
of color suffer both because
of their gender and their race,» according to an April 2016 report released by the Senate Joint
Economic Committee's Democratic Staff.
When it comes to gender equality, the data remains stark, according to the World
Economic Forum's 2017 Gender Gap Report, which captures the the magnitude
of gender - based
disparities across economies, education, health and political engagements.
But the massive
disparities in stock ownership are important for two reasons: One is that when a politician brings up the stock market as a measure
of economic success, that success isn't very relevant to many Americans.
But by the mid-1990s, Surve, like many
of his comrades, grew frustrated by the huge
economic disparities that existed in South Africa, even though its progressive constitution afforded all citizens equal rights.
In the United States alone, just those companies in the S&P 500 have been hoarding more than $ 1.9 trillion in cash which began in response to jurisdictional tax
disparities and global
economic uncertainty following the Great Recession, then accelerated over the past decade as big U.S. corporations accumulated profits offshore in lieu
of repatriating the funds and taking a tax hit.
This builds off
of Part Iwhere we discussed the gender
disparities in venture capital, and how solving for those issues creates great financial opportunities for investors, as well as assuring our country's
economic competitiveness.
No compendium
of social statistics is needed to see the vast
disparities in
economic advantage which separate the inner - city black poor from the rest
of the nation.
«In societies where there is a greater
disparity between the richest and the poorest, that causes lower levels
of economic wellbeing amongst the whole childhood population, both those on lower incomes and those on higher incomes.
The answer that I have in mind actually entered an earlier world full
of power struggles, social conflict, philosophical confusion and
economic disparities based on appetite, influence and exploitation.
The
economic disparities you were conscious
of were quite muted.
One needs a thicker account
of the biological and psychological differences between men and women to explain pay
disparity fully, which is simply to say that they can not be treated merely as
economic actors.
Immediately after World War II, the acknowledged
disparity in the wealth
of nations led to the establishment
of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; it was then widely assumed that the so - called developing countries could be brought up to some sort
of parity with the developed countries by lending money and promoting
economic growth.
«Much
of the volunteer work
of Jewish young adults is comprised
of local efforts to ameliorate
disparities in
economic resources and educational opportunity and often entails activities such as collecting, sorting, and distributing goods,» the polling analysis said.
According to him, societies go lawless when faced with extreme forms
of poverty and
economic disparity.
Admittedly, as globalization progresses,
economic disparity and incidences
of poverty deepens.
Economic disparity and perceptions
of exploitation are additional ingredients contributing to political instability.
One
of the major tasks facing the U.S. church today is giving folks the tools with which to process and interpret their firsthand encounters with
economic and racial
disparities that characterize our hemisphere.
This challenge presents itself in the form
of three dangers: (1) the danger
of a growing
disparity between
economic classes; (2) the danger
of materialism,
of the rewards
of the
economic system becoming the goals and values
of society; and (3) the danger
of a selfish pseudo-individualism that evades individual moral responsibility.
Leaving aside Ron Paul, does any
of that sound like the Republican platform
of increasing
economic disparity, starting pre-emptive, unnecessary wars
of choice, Gitmo, torture
of enemies and theocracy?
We are forced to conclude that, as in Solomon's day, Yahwists believed that the power, prestige, wealth and apparent security
of the crown and the nation were bought at a price too dear — widening
economic disparity between rich and poor, the ruthless exploitation
of society's weaker members, a deepening acquisitiveness and an inevitably accompanying disregard
of the justice and righteousness
of Yahweh, the meaning
of covenant, and the true practice
of the Yahweh cult.
If there is a profound
disparity between the present American
economic system and basic American values, and if many Americans have so argued, then it is all the more surprising that some version
of socialism, as the main alternative to capitalist
economic organization in the modern world, has not found favor in the United States.
At the present time, because
of the great
economic and political
disparity among the nations
of the world, complete freedom
of immigration is not practicable or desirable.
The apostle Paul spoke to the issue
of disparity in 2 Corinthians, when he urged the wealthier Corinthian church to make a relief offering to the Christians in Jerusalem, who were in dire
economic circumstances.
Adoption is not remotely the solution for the world orphan crisis, but it is a piece
of the conversation that includes those enemies
of family preservation: poverty, disease, lack
of education and
economic disparity.
Founded in 1989 in protest
of traditional charity models, the organization uses career training, job creation, and sustainable business practices to strengthen local food systems and reduce
disparities in health and
economic opportunity.
Not all
of that is completely explained by socio -
economic and health
disparities.
Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz testified before Congress at a panel on
economic opportunity for African - Americans, arguing that elements
of her charter school network could be applied nationwide to help address educational
disparities for black students.
@JackOfAllTrades234 - part
of the allure
of gangs is as a stand in for the traditional, more stable family structure which has been decimated by both baked - in
economic and opportunity
disparities and....
The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series
of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes
of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both
of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial
disparities in social and
economic welfare that are a legacy
of American history.
The new political regime, under the stewardship
of Xi Jinping, inherited an economy with widening socio -
economic disparities and accompanying social welfare concerns.
This is the first great conundrum
of trade power politics in the twenty - first century: will the multilateral system successfully accommodate the
economic and commercial strategies
of Brazil, India, China and Russia and grow, or will the
disparity between WTO norms and these countries» growth paths and attitudes to cooperation have become too great for a single set
of rules effectively to prevail?
The problems
of race, lack
of access to opportunity and
economic disparity in New York existed long before anyone was elected to this chamber, and to the extent they persist in many ways we are all complicit.»
Indeed, is it even possible to speak
of an «English voice» given the ever - growing
disparities between different parts
of the country, and the yawning gap in the
economic fortunes
of south - east and everywhere else?
The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, which includes Democratic Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, passed the resolution applauding the efforts
of the protesters for bringing to light «the severe and growing
economic disparities in this country.»
At 10 a.m., AARP, the Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation, NAACP and Urban League join Tony Award - winning actress Priscilla Lopez, Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Yuh - Line Niou for launch
of policy solutions agenda to address
disparities in health,
economic security and livability that are hurting New York state's communities
of color; City University
of New York Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
What's more, Latina teens represent nearly one out
of every six suicide attempts in the U.S. Contributing factors include acculturation stress,
economic status and developmental and social
disparities.
Continuing her run
of high - profile national appearances, Success Academy C.E.O. Eva Moskowitz testified before Congress on Tuesday at a panel on
economic opportunity for African - Americans, arguing that elements
of her charter school network could be applied nationwide to help address educational
disparities for black students.
Immigration was the scapegoat and driving force behind Brexit but wage stagnation,
economic disparity and distrust
of political elites were the causes.
WHEREAS, women make up 50 %
of the population in Santa Clara County but face significant
economic disparities, with an average pay difference that is larger than the national wage gap
of $.72 for a man's dollar, with women holding advanced degrees earning roughly $ 40,000 less than their male counterparts, and 11 %
of the County's female population living in poverty and approximately 33 %
of the homeless population being women and girls, and
A
disparity study commissioned last year by the state Department
of Economic Development identified numerous barriers that have impaired access by M / WBE to state contracting.
Fagundes and Murdock hope the study will encourage further exploration
of why low socio -
economic status during childhood is associated with an increased risk
of experiencing health
disparities in adulthood.