New Research

Greater economic equality makes us all less stupid, more tolerant, less fearful, and more satisfied with life.

America’s top airline execs have every incentive to treat average passengers as cattle and chattel. Could United's now infamous aisle drag upset their gravy train?

The gap between richest and poorest communities grows, a reality plain to see in America's heartland.  Last April, on an “America-roots-music” family road trip, we took a rambling drive out...

Wealthiest 20 people own more wealth than half the American population. By Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie "Billionaire Bonanza," a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, exposes the...