The richest 1% of Africans received 27% of the total revenue from growth on the continent. This is one of the inequalities ...

Five millennia ago, wealth inequality—which had stayed roughly constant for thousands of years—exploded. It has stayed ...

In the complex landscape of American education, few leaders possess both the policy expertise and passionate advocacy displayed by Denise Forte. As president ...

Birmingham City Council and the bins union Unite remain at loggerheads as the all-out strike blighting the city enters its ...

High-end accommodations for pooches are thriving in one of the world's most unequal countries. They have their defenders and ...

With April 15’s tax day still fresh in mind, this Behind the News explores the origin of the federal income tax and finds ...

A major study using data from more than a thousand archaeological sites examines the transition from primitive egalitarianism ...

A major source of unease around AI is how its advance can make societies’ existing inequities even worse—a systemic ...

Africa faces challenges in reducing extreme poverty and inequality. In 2024, 8.5% of the global population was living in ...

The AI boom could drive unemployment and “potentially exacerbate inequality,” said CIMB Group’s Pedro Uria-Recio.

Inequality in the UK has fallen since the onset of Covid in 2020 as disposable incomes for the highest earning households ...