COMMENT: Spend any length of time in the US and you realise that the Star-Spangled Banner is not an anthem to be dishonoured lightly.

The gap between rich and poor continues to grow in NZ.

Kiwi mum said she had no idea how affected her daughter was by a classmate's taunts until it was almost too late.

Contrary to public perception, few overseas-born elderly Asians own a house and many are living in poorly maintained dwellings.

There's many ways to try to secure a job, but it seems one of the quickest methods for women to win that role might simply be to lose some weight.

This year's World Water Week, held in Stockholm, Sweden, will focus on water and sustainable growth.

Green MP Marama Davidson heads the cross-party Inquiry into Homelessness. She says homelessness has affected her own friends and family members.

COMMENT: There are two NZs on display and each is as un-Kiwi as the other.

COMMENT: Never mind arguing about whether child poverty exists: what are we going to do?

Erin Gough responds to a column that expressed sympathy for a range of people whose worries were worse than a latte or the valuation of their house.

The pay gap between men and women directors on New Zealand boards is closing.

COMMENT: Down here at the southern end of the Earth, human rights abuses very often seem like the stuff of faraway lands.

A new study says Work and Income is pushing many beneficiaries into jobs that don't last - and even told a pregnant woman to start

Although there are well over 40 openly gay and lesbian athletes competing in the Summer Games, neither of the two reported trans athletes have come out publicly.

COMMENT: Many cultures across the world have suffered horrible cruelties but haven't all become killers and thieves.

COMMENT: There's been a lot discussed about all the problems P smoking brings, but what about the real cost to the owners of these properties?

Community housing providers say "key workers" such as nurses and teachers will still be locked out of housing close to their work.

Boys will be boys, we are told time and time again. Men will act as red-blooded men do. Because, if we are to follow these illogical

Chivalry and decency are things of the past. These days it's all about boozing, bingeing, Big Macs at the theatre and Pokemon in church. Is it time we all learnt to behave, asks Robert Colvile.

Eight weeks after being awarded $15,518 in unpaid wages and reparation, sacked Otara tyre worker Patrick Toia is yet to receive a cent.

Toi Katipa never expected that he and his family would end up sleeping at the marae because they had become homeless.

Govt efforts to solve Auckland's housing crisis have been dealt a major blow by a weak response to a request for proposals to build 1000 new social homes.

An Italian restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico has come under fire after it tried to have a little "fun" with the marquee out the front of the eatery over the weekend.

And why is Lena Dunham supporting a protest against "insensitive" food?

COMMENT: We have the power to change our own lives and far better to live a life of hope and ambition than one of hopelessness and despair.

Asian families are more vulnerable than other Kiwis despite doing reasonably well financially, a new report says.

Desperate Aucklanders struggling to cope with the city's housing crisis have borrowed almost $20m from Work and Income for accommodation costs in the past year.

He walked the streets and slept where he could shelter. Public spaces were his home and lots of people looked at him - but few actually saw him.

COMMENT: If life is understood as a struggle among cost-benefit maximising individuals, the idea of a fair and harmonious society retreats.

Life after university can mean more wealth and health, but challenges remain.