Inequality

In 2013, the cost of tax breaks was equal to the entire US discretionary budget.

In recent years, Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring have created renewed interest in such moments of unusual activity. The uprisings have spawned discussion about how activists might …

There are several factors that have played into a continuing wealth disparity. For starters, non-home wealth has played a vital role in determining affluence.

While the US is the wealthiest nation in the world, and has the most billionaires in the world, not a single US city ranks among the world's most livable …

Media gasps over New York City workers' retroactive pay is one episode in the longer game of the rich contributing less in personal and corporate taxes.

A new study confirms that wealthy individuals and business interests control US politics. Citizen movements need to use more powerful, effective forms of nonviolent and political action in order …

New analysis of 2011 Census data reveals an acute racial and ethnic wealth gap that is causing a group of leading experts to call for important policy and regulatory …

Peter Van Buren has been traveling the ever-expanding, ever-rustier Rust Belt taking the temperature of a land with a significant fever. Here's his account.

It would be easy to attack the offensive comments made by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling over the past few days, but their comments reflect a dominant train of …

The vast profits this industry pulls in are lining the pockets of its CEOs while many of those who work in the kitchens and behind the counters are struggling …