Incomes in the United States are more unequal than in any other rich country. One common explanation for why is that America ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first teaching called on Catholics to engage with and help solve poverty. “Dilexi te.” In English, “I have ...

This skewing is partly responsible for the fracturing of American politics, economist Mark Zandi writes.

Hello! My name is Theo Wells-Spackman, and I joined VTDigger in July to cover wealth, poverty and economic inequality in Vermont. My position is made possible by Report for America and by VTDigger ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said that as long as poverty existed, he could never be rich, even with a billion dollars.

Poverty and inequality continue to plague Silicon Valley, and are seen most acutely in housing, food insecurity and education, according to findings released Tuesday by San Jose State University ...

When states overhauled their school funding models to promote equity, they helped narrow the financial gap between high- and low-income districts, but those efforts did not narrow racial and ethnic ...

As Malaysia edges closer to its long-delayed goal of high-income status, economic mobility remains elusive – with over half ...