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Social Justice

Tragic events have served to focus greater attention on the structural inequalities and injustices that undermine our collective security and economic well-being. While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted disparities in healthcare systems, the mistreatment of minorities and indigenous peoples has generated a relentless series of distressing headlines. Whether based on race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or immigration status, discrimination remains rampant. Fully realizing the promise of the United Nations more than 75 years after its founding will require a fundamental shift to a more forward-looking social vision, which takes historical injustice into account ...