This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and Arnold Ventures (20-05123), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation No. INV-025407, The Joyce Foundation (SG-20-43354), ...

Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from ...

Adapted from "Inequality Kills Us All: Covid-19’s Health Lessons for the World," by Stephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H. In 1992, a publication appeared in the British Medical Journal written by Richard ...

Imagine society as a ladder with 10 rungs. Where would you place yourself? That answer reflects your subjective social status—where you see yourself in society. Importantly, this is not necessarily ...

Inequality in both advanced economies and emerging markets has been on the rise in recent decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and raised awareness of disparities between the rich and poor.

Most Americans who say there’s too much economic inequality in the country think the federal government and big business should play a role in reducing inequality. Smaller but sizable shares say state ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

Knoxville (TN) is not often in the national news, but, like many American cities, it experienced a surge in homicides in 2020. In early 2021, the tragedy of gun violence escalated further in ways that ...