Inequality

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 …

Militia groups think they're protecting a humble rancher from a government land grab, but they're actually helping a few robber barons make a land grab of their own.

South Carolina is a high-poverty state with a racially diverse population. And, like many comparable states across the Deep South, SC is a right to work state.

Private enterprises, the military and the super-rich are among those buying politicians and hurting the working class.