Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory for the working class in the financial capital of the world is a reflection of the growing appeal of bold platforms that attack extreme inequality and oligarchy and ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Will Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as critics contend, be a massive ...

The federal funds rate may fall to 3.1% by the end of 2027, according to a September forecast from the Federal Open Market Committee. Reductions in interest rates influence yields on savings accounts ...

As Congress debates tax cuts and safety-net reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill, a major line of attack against the proposal is that it would worsen inequality, which, to hear some critics tell it, ...

A recent report by personal finance website WalletHub has shed light on which U.S. states have the most pronounced racial wealth inequality. The report’s findings come after Newsweek previously ...

Changing course on decades of deepening inequality requires bold action and vision. The U.S. is in the grips of an inequality emergency. Decades of deliberate, regressive policy choices have rigged ...

A homeless encampment in Kitchener, Ontario, in front of the former Krug Furniture factory According to a report by Statistics Canada on income and wealth distribution issued in July, income ...

Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report today as the ...

In the run-up to the 2024 election, future prime minister Keir Starmer labelled wealth creation Labour’s number one mission. “It’s the only way our country can go forward,” he declared. “We should ...

The wealth gap between white Americans and Black and Hispanic Americans continues to widen, according to new data analyzed by WalletHub using federal statistics. Wealth disparities don’t just affect ...