It's nearly impossible to read the news these days without running across mentions of economic inequality. So what is economic inequality, and how does it impact you? Here's what to know about this ...

Economic inequality is a major theme in the American political dialogue. As the country’s wealthiest people continually become richer at the expense of the poor, some research suggests they may ...

Economic inequality is one of those hazy concepts that can mean lots of different things to people. But take note, members of Congress here’s a number that all of your constituents will understand: ...

Hundreds of people participate in the Scream of the Excluded on Sept. 7, 2019, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event denounces the worsening of social inequality, environmental destruction, and resource ...

Kimberlé Crenshaw, the law professor at Columbia and UCLA who coined the term intersectionality to describe the way people’s social identities can overlap, tells TIME about the politicization of her ...

A new project from scholars at Columbia University examines the history of public education through the lens of race to better understand how national policies have had disparate impacts on various ...

Income inequality in the U.S. is at its highest level in more than 50 years, according to new Census data. The gap between rich and poor is the widest in five states: California, Connecticut, Florida, ...

Global inequalities are in bad shape and mostly do not appear to be getting better. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th century, and the pandemic continues to make ...