If the U.S. were ever so foolishly intent on shrinking inequality, doing so would be easy: abolish usage of cars, planes, computers, smartphones and the internet. Presto, inequality shrunk ...

After widening for decades, the gap narrowed thanks to pandemic-era government spending. But now we’re reverting to the ...

The global wealth disparity has been greatly exacerbated by the pandemic, and there is a concentration of wealth among the ...

Most Americans are a lot richer now than they were before COVID. From 2019 to 2022, the last year good data is available, total U.S. household wealth grew 25%. And that rising tide really did lift all ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time this year, a move that could provide some relief for ...

The administration's efforts to censor references to slavery and racist inequality appear to have ramped up with the reported ...

You remember Pope Leo, of course. Our first-ever American pontiff, a White Sox fan, and the former owner of a very cool ...

Social inequality is bad for business. In an ideal world, we’d tackle social inequality just because it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes we can’t agree “on the right thing.” Putting values and ...

Kaepernick's actions gained mixed reactions from different personalities. Some criticized him while others understood what he was trying to stand up for. One of them was LeBron James, who publicly ...

The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah is the latest prominent Black journalist to lose her job. The trend is a sign of ...

Income inequality dipped, fewer people moved to a different home, and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in ...