Across the world the rich have prospered, while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce and have been forced into higher levels of debt.Great wealth concentration exists in many ...

The average income for the bottom 90 percent of us? $31,244. Note: The 2007 data (the most current) doesn’t reflect the impact of the housing market crash. In 2007, the bottom 60% of Americans ...

House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.

Spend a few minutes browsing political commentary or scrolling social media and you will discover a seemingly settled truth: inequality in the West is soaring, the middle class is being hollowed out, ...

The era between the start of the Clinton administration and the end of the Obama one was not a libertarian/globalist free-for ...

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Inflation-adjusted earnings stalled across age and income groups over the past year ...

Despite a brief market scare, the richest 10 Americans got $365 billion richer over the past year, according to a new ...

The pro-worker tax cuts Trump proposed during the campaign aren't enough to skew the bill in a more populist direction.

Behind the GOP's populist facade lies a tax plan that would benefit corporations and wealthy households while cutting ...

Solutions depend on listening to individuals with lived experience, rebuilding trust, and recognizing the humanity of every ...

Few places in the United States have inequality quite like Connecticut’s, where extreme wealth and extreme struggle coexist in startling proximity.