Social welfare - Root Privileges

Brinda Karat

Do the poor want to be poor?

‘Justice Gavai’s comments on freebies overlook people’s struggle for survival: Brinda Karat’, The Hindu, February 14, 2025: CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said the recent remarks on freebies by Supreme Court Judge Justice B.R. Gavai fails to recognise the struggle of India’s labouring class

Social welfare

The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on LinkedIn that “Industrial47” is a fund with the aim of “backing

learning outcomes

Science shouldn’t animate the need for social welfare

This is an interesting discovery: Cash payments for poor mothers increased brain function in babies, a study found, with potential implications for U.S. safety net policy. https://t.co/3rd06k0eih — NYT Science (@NYTScience) January 25, 2022 First, it’s also a bad discovery (note: there’s a difference between