Earlier this month we looked at the only counties in the U.S. that had a median household income hi…

"One possibility is that, because of increased assortative mating as a result of declining discrimi…

Set aside any moral or political concerns you may have about rising income inequality ? worries abo…

The conclusion couldn't be more clear: The richer the father is, the more likely it is that their s…

In 2007, the top 0.01 percent had an average income almost seven times that of 1917; the average in…

"But across the vast majority of the population income inequality has actually fallen," he said. "H…

Romney's messaging was drastically different than the 2012 race, when he reportedly accused politic…

China’s tax structure partly contributes to the widening income gap as China relies more on indirec…

Folks in the top 0.1% come from many backgrounds but it's infrequent to meet one whose wealth wasn'…

Tumbling rates of population growth are pushing wealth concentrations back toward Victorian levels,…

"No, I don't. You and I are proof," Morgan told Lemon. "Why would race have anything to do with it?…

Recently, there has been a spate of popular initiatives designed to curb inequality in the country.…

Analysis from political geographer Richard Morrill showed that areas like the South, where income i…

Graham obviously has a vested financial interest to think this way. As he states in the opening, he…

"Wages remain low, there is a lack of child care for single parent families and so on. Work alone w…

"What that has created is a series of distortions and an unfair recovery. A distorted recovery mean…

"Rising inequality is not just a story of those in the financial sector in the greater New York Cit…

Rising inequality could also hurt the economy, as Wall Street is starting to notice. As noted by So…

A decade after the Occupy Wall Street movement started, its organizers reflect on the movement - an…