Political commentators, academics and others have been wringing their hands over threats to democracy in recent years. A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind ...

A new project from scholars at Columbia University examines the history of public education through the lens of race to better understand how national policies have had disparate impacts on various ...

The U.S. may have the highest level of income inequality of the G7 nations, but new research suggests that disparity has actually stabilized over the last decade, thanks to rapid growth in wages for ...

Last month, researchers from 67 nations wrote an open letter to United Nations secretary-general António Guterres and World Bank president Ajay Banga, urging them to “redouble efforts to address ...

Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. Prices have surged so dramatically that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest banknote in ...

A flurry of new books highlights broad disagreements over how to address the problem. “Most of us agree that inequality is a problem — even if we can’t agree on what that actually means and what to do ...

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 ...

Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century, and the pandemic continues to make ...

As 45 million Americans lost their jobs, U.S. billionaires made $584 billion. The novel coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated income inequality, experts say, stretching the racial wealth gap in ...

More than 230 economists and political leaders have called on the United Nations and the World Bank to do more to tackle the widening gap between the rich and poor around the world, a problem they say ...