Think we don't have a problem with economic inequality? A new report finds that the wealthiest 20 individuals in the United States today hold more wealth than the bottom half of the US population combined.

Think we don't have a problem with economic inequality? A new report finds that the wealthiest 20 individuals in the United States today hold more wealth than the bottom half of the US population combined.

Republicans seem to have made up their minds: they will divide, degrade and ultimately run the country into the ground.

In a new essay, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship write that Republicans seem to have made up their minds: they will divide, degrade and ultimately run the country into the ground.

The rising mortality rates among blue-collar whites could be a canary in the coal mine: Things are getting tougher for all working people, writes Barbara Ehrenreich.

Wealth inequality in the United States is pervasive — so much so that it’s apparent even in Congress.

As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.

The American ruling class is ensconced in the "Washington Consensus" and deaf to any evidence that challenges its worldview.

It's the result of "rules intentionally tipped to reward those already on the highest rungs of the ladder.”

Internalized racism prevented one young black man from seeing how the system works.