In America, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened significantly, with states exhibiting stark disparities in wealth distribution as highlighted in recent analyses. For instance, ...

Data from the Federal Reserve shows that the so-called K-shaped economy in America is alive and well, with low- and middle-income households falling further behind as the richest Americans pull away.

Our nation is faced with a crisis of inequality. Millions of Americans get up every day, work hard, and still cannot afford permanent housing, health care or even food to eat. This is not only an ...

It’s not every day one high school dropout gets to challenge a billionaire dropout, and likely the only dropout ever to reach outer space. I got this challenge idea reading in a recent edition of The ...

Whether Washington allows a federal shutdown or not, massive cuts are being made in federal programs for the poor and the hungry. Last week, New York Times food-writer Mark Bittman and 4000 others ...

Wealth tax proposals from Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren show a growing appetite to rein in the rich.

Changing course on decades of deepening inequality requires bold action and vision. The U.S. is in the grips of an inequality emergency. Decades of deliberate, regressive policy choices have rigged ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The collective wealth of America’s top 10 richest people ballooned by $698 billion in the past year, supercharged by President ...

Data from the Federal Reserve shows that the so-called K-shaped economy in America is alive and well, with low- and middle-income households falling further behind as the richest Americans pull away.

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...