It’s not every day one high school dropout gets to challenge a billionaire dropout, and likely the only dropout ever to reach outer space. I got this challenge idea reading in a recent edition of The ...

Social Security’s insolvency would damage a $40 trillion buffer against a wider wealth gap.

Data from the Federal Reserve shows that the so-called K-shaped economy in America is alive and well, with low- and middle-income households falling further behind as the richest Americans pull away.

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose wealth tax on billionaires to fund $3,000 payments to households earning under $150,000 ...

Whether Washington allows a federal shutdown or not, massive cuts are being made in federal programs for the poor and the hungry. Last week, New York Times food-writer Mark Bittman and 4000 others ...

Contributing columnist Peter Johnson writes that wealth inequality is growing. America needs to invest in fairness and the dignity of work. Getty Images / Getty Images Rev. Peter Johnson Our nation is ...

A report shows that a $50 trillion redistribution of income to benefit the richest has made America less healthy, resilient, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ten wealthiest people in the United States have seen their fortunes explode by $700 billion since Donald Trump returned to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The collective wealth of America’s top 10 richest people ballooned by $698 billion in the past year, supercharged by President ...