A new study shows in electrifying terms the extent to which 45 years of income inequality destroyed the prosperity we should all be enjoying.

Tens of millions are unemployed, hungry, and behind on the rent. But the economy is barely registering as an election issue.

Milton Friedman’s siren song of profit convinced lawmakers to stop worrying about people and hand big business limitless power.

The disparity between the soaring stock market and struggling Americans perfectly epitomizes the country’s grotesque inequality.

Trump’s chief economic adviser claims that stagnation, recession, and pessimism are all in the past. The numbers prove otherwise.

Beneath society’s plutocratic layer, America is not as united in the face of crisis as we like to pretend.

The pandemic and recession have disproportionately hit women, but the recovery will be easier for some than others.

For fossil fuel companies like BP, Exxon, and Shell, slashing production is good business.

It won’t be enough to simply bring back jobs when people weren't making enough in the first place.

With jobless Americans nearing the edge of the cliff, lawmakers are preparing to give them all a little push.

If the president gets his way, Judy Shelton will bring crackpot goldbuggery back to the central bank.

While the deadline to extend unemployment benefits neared, the president insisted on an impractical payroll tax cut.

The Open Society Foundations and other massive organizations have pledged to support Black-led racial justice work. Is that a blessing or a curse?

The 2008 financial crash offered some stark lessons about evictions and foreclosures, but lawmakers didn’t learn a thing.

On paper, he seems obsessed with besting Trump as a trade warrior. But his rhetoric suggests he wants to pick a fight with the aristocrats.

This week’s job numbers demonstrate that this is no time to compromise with Mitch McConnell.

Trump’s suspension of visa programs is the perfect opportunity to reimagine them entirely.

Ron DeSantis is the latest in a long line of Republicans who made the state a plutocratic dystopia. Now he’s letting its residents die to save the plutocrats.

Though we’re in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, calls for budget-tightening have reliably restarted.

The grim state of racial economic inequality should sicken our consciences.