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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Nearly 70 million Americans rely on Social Security for monthly income. The vast majority, about 65 million, collect Social Security benefits. Another 4.5 million receive Supplemental Security ...
"My Social Security is reduced due to my pension," Hoover, told fellow first responders at a rally earlier in the week, as reported by a local CBS affiliate. "And then my wife, she was a nurse for ...
Social issues are distinguished from economic issues; however, some issues (such as immigration) have both social and economic aspects. Some issues do not fall into either category, such as warfare. Exemplary for social issues was the so-called social question in the beginning of the industrial revolution. Growing poverty on one and growing ...
They found that the vast majority of consumers still expect companies to take public positions on critical social issues, including human rights (82%), climate change (73%), racism (72%) and gun ...
2011 Israeli social justice protests; July 2019 Ethiopian Jews protest in Israel; Protests against Benjamin Netanyahu (2020–2021) 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests; 2024 Israeli protests; Italy. No Berlusconi Day (2009) 2012 Sicilian protests; 2013 Italian social protests; Sardines movement (2019–2020) Japan. 2018–2019 Japanese ...
Image source: Getty Images. 1. A cost-of-living adjustment. Social Security benefits are eligible for automatic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). The purpose of COLAs is to help recipients ...
The World Economic Forum published a report on the global gender gap in January 2020 that concludes gender parity will not be reached for 99.5 years. The report benchmarks 153 countries in four dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.