The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

A recent study found that at least half of the rise in income inequality between 1980 and 2020 is attributable to changing preferences in the online dating scene.

In his new book, “Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education,” sociology professor Blake R. Silver examines some of many ways that college students can slip through the cracks at public colleges and universities. In the following QA with The Conversation U.S., Silver expounds on what…

The author of Capital returns with a short book on inequality that asks big questions

Scholar Mirya Holman on "The Power of the Badge" — and how county sheriffs enforce American inequality

Senator Chris Murphy discusses the Democratic Party's efforts to appeal to working-class voters by addressing income inequality and corporate power.

Australia’s deep housing crisis is causing enduring and widespread harm. A key impact is that it is increasing inequality.

Senator Bernie Sanders discusses economic inequality, political influence of the wealthy elite, and strategies for winning over working-class voters in the...

The former president has attracted growing support from tech investors, who are seeking favorable tax policies and more deregulation that could widen inequality.

The problems of the world, including climate change, ongoing war, the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging diseases, human rights abuses and gross inequality, are spilling well beyond national borders and the ability — or willingness — of individual countries to manage them.

Artificial intelligence may not necessarily make the fight against inequality any easier, the World Bank president has said during an Australian visit.

Letters: Dr Robert Forde and Emeritus Professor John Butcher respond to an article on the reasons behind the recent riots