Incomes in the United States are more unequal than in any other rich country. One common explanation for why is that America ...

Dismantling racial inequalities that have plagued the United States since its founding will boost economic growth and create new jobs for everyone, top advisers to President Joe Biden said Tuesday, ...

Dasha is speaking about how the country music world treats men and women differently. During an appearance on Rolling Stone‘s Nashville Now podcast, the singer discussed gender norms in country music.

President Trump is attempting to fire Lisa Cook, one of seven governors on the Federal Reserve Board, which sets U.S. monetary policy. If he's successful in replacing Cook, it would mean a majority of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The past few months have seen an unprecedented attack on Black Economic Empowerment. Strangely, the voices that you would expect to defend it have been oddly muted. If we accept that BEE has too many ...

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There is a genre of online video and social media post that is revealing of our time. In one such video, an online fitness influencer posts herself crying in her car outside the gym. The words ...

The New Republic recently commissioned a poll asking Americans for their opinions on wealth distribution in the United States. In short, we found that people feel strongly that the superrich own too ...

Something remarkable happened in Chicago last month. For the first time in the memory of citizens and watchdogs, our public officials called out an egregious practice that occurs in the Windy City far ...

Income inequality is frequently portrayed as a fundamental problem in the United States that erodes social cohesion and economic mobility. Media outlets and advocacy groups regularly highlight ...