I lead the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank. When we opened our doors in 1970, there were only 1,469 Black elected officials in office across the United ...

An overwhelming 86% said agreed that the wealthy having too much political influence is a big contributing factor–with 60% saying this leads to economic inequality "a great deal" and 26% saying this ...

Mainstream economists and the media “warn” us about the dangers of “income inequality.” But is income inequality really an ...

"The ground beneath our feet is perpetually shifting. And it’s hard to keep our balance," writes Alissa Quart.

An overwhelming 86% said agreed that the wealthy having too much political influence is a big contributing factor–with 60% saying this leads to economic inequality "a great deal" and 26% saying ...

Voters did not ask for this — a recent YouGov poll found that just 26% of Republicans want Musk to have “a lot” of influence ...

St Agnes College Autonomous, hosted a seminar titled ‘The evolution of inequality and social justice: From past to present', ...

As the study found, policies that improve income equality may have the political effect of also strengthening democratic systems. More information: Eli G. Rau et al, Income inequality and the ...

We need to recognize that India is itself suffering from vast economic and political inequalities, and we need to deal with our own plutocrats." Sponsor Message Other economists raise doubts about ...