Across 41 states, the bottom 20% make less than $20,000 on average. Meanwhile, the top 20% earn more than $250,000 in 25 states — accounting for half of America. While it’s not exactly a new ...

If things seem tough for the average American, you can bet they’re a lot worse for those in lower income brackets. In fact, income inequality in America has increased in many American cities, but a ...

Hanauer is an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, the founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures, and (with Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen) an author of the new book "Corporate Bullsh*t: ...

While the U.S. economy outperforms other rich countries, it doesn’t feel that way for many Americans. Forty-two percent of Americans don’t have an emergency savings fund, while 40% can’t afford a ...

The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...

You have probably seen the recent headlines saying that U.S. income inequality has reached a 50-year high. They are based on the Census Bureau’s latest report on Income and Poverty in the United ...

An entrance to Michigan State University, located in East Lansing, Michigan. East Lansing has one of the highest rates of income inequality out of some of America's biggest college towns. Over the ...

Barely 10 years past the end of the Great Recession in 2009, the U.S. economy is doing well on several fronts. The labor market is on a job-creating streak that has rung up more than 110 months ...

The average income of the top 20% residing in certain U.S. cities is within a comfortable six-figure range whereas the bottom 20%, for many cities, exists in the poverty threshold. Which cities have ...