Joseph E. Stiglitz says corporate abuse of our tax system has helped make America unequal and undemocratic. But the Nobel Prize-winning economist has a plan to change that.

There are reasons to celebrate, but there's still work to be done in areas such as pay equality, reproductive rights, voting rights and personal safety.

The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past.

Burger King plans to buy Tim Hortons, a Canadian company, in order to dodge US taxes.

Watch this award-winning documentary about three teenaged boys growing up in a small town in Missouri that sheds light on rural, white poverty on PBS Video.

The unrest in Ferguson appears to be settling, but it prompted debates that continue.

It's estimated the company would owe over $29 billion in US taxes if it repatriated the earnings it's keeping offshore.

Inequality isn't inevitable in capitalism, says the Noble Prize-winning economist in Harper's. But it is with the capitalist system America currently has.

Any time spent behind bars is harmful to individuals, families, and communities. In many cases, the use of jail makes society less safe.

A middle-class family who had a child in 2013 can expect to spend $304,408 over the course of raising her until age 18.