Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

Growing economic inequality is either “a major issue of our time” or “a defining challenge of our time,” depending on your taste for hyperbole. Given America’s recent experience, however, I would like ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. The debate in Congress is over how to ...

There is a broad consensus that the impacts of climate change are not experienced equally. According to the World Bank, “The poorest and most vulnerable people bear the brunt of climate change impacts ...

It is an object of outrage for many when they walk past the expensive shops and extravagant apartment buildings on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the Miracle Mile in Chicago, or Rodeo Drive in Beverly ...

This isn't the first time Social Security has been on the brink of bankruptcy. The program came within days of being unable to meet its obligations in the 1980s before Congress acted to change the ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the most dramatic and consequential change in the distribution of income in America in the past half-century isn’t rising income inequality but the extraordinary ...

A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which pups are their own, new research shows. A fair society has evolved in banded mongooses because parents don't know which ...

Social Security is facing a growing gap between the revenue it brings in and the benefits it pays out. The actuaries at the Social Security Administration estimate that the retirement program will pay ...