Inequality.org

With inequality now a front-page issue, the stats that measure inequality have taken on a new importance. And no inequality stat has a longer pedigree -- or more confusion surrounding...

Changes in state tax laws now encourage America's awesomely affluent to create 'perpetual' trusts. The new laws and new technology, legal scholars warn, now allow the 'dead hand' of the...

In 2030, the majority of U.S. residents under 18 will be people of color. If current household wealth trends continue, the majority of America’s young people will be growing up...

Inflation has been steadily eroding the value of the U.S. minimum wage over recent decades. But inflation only explains part of the story why the minimum wage has become such...