The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

Open letter to Democrats: What's next?

We can bring the party together — and win — if we're willing to address inequality and advocate for radical change

Salon · Feb 9, 2025

New report card on American well-being finds U.S. is 'so wealthy but so unhappy‘

The economy is ‘really the only area where we are excelling,’ authors of the report wrote

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025

Black people in England eight times more likely to be hospitalised with lupus

Exclusive: Experts say ‘stark’ inequality with white people could be a result of delayed diagnoses

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

How global inequalities hinder climate action

World leaders have gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. One of their main goals is to align their responses to geopolitical shocks such as floods and wildfires that hamper trade, investment and more.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

What is an oligarchy and is Biden right to call it a threat to US democracy?

Ultra-rich individuals are associating with Donald Trump as he ascends to the presidency for his second time

The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2025

Trump threatens a global trade war. Europe must unleash a radical alternative

Unlike tariffs, a new form of protectionism could target climate-wrecking, untaxed corporations and their billionaire owners

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

The Trump revolution: where it came from and where it’s going

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, the world is preparing for the beginning of the second Trump Revolution. Trump’s second term will be very different from his first, when his powers were more limited and restrained. In 2016 he did not win a majority of the popular vote.

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025

Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity

One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality is sharply on the rise.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

The Maids at Jermyn Street Theatre review: this meditation on inequality and reality is an angry shout of a play

3/5 There’s life and humanity in Jean Genet’s depiction of two murderous servants – even if it does veer towards farce and caricature

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2025