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

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

In 2022, Chinese American households near the top of the income ladder earned over 19 times as much as Chinese American households near the bottom of the ladder. This gap was the largest across Asian ...

Is inequality back as a political issue? Senator Bernie Sanders seems to think so. He is leading a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour that has drawn thousands of people in several Midwestern cities. Railing ...

Comedian Louis C. K. famously noted that “everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy.” We live in a world of unprecedented prosperity and are much better off then our parents and grandparents ...

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

Understanding intersectionality and the complex and cumulative way that different forms of discrimination like sexism, ageism, racism and classism overlap and affect people is crucial for leaders who ...

Income Inequality Dipped and Fewer People Moved, According to Largest Survey of US Life Income inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share ...

Left, Right & Center The Meaning of Mandela and Income Inequality Nelson Mandela's giant legacy, Obama speaks about income inequality amid fast food strikes and fights to raise the minimum wage, and ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle gender inequality: (i) gender ...

Recently ProPublica, a nonprofit, independent newsroom that has partnered with The New York Times on occasion, released a remarkable report about the relationship between Justice Clarence Thomas of ...

WASHINGTON -- In politics, it’s all in how you say things. George Orwell knew what he was talking about when he described political language as “designed to make lies sound truthful and murder ...