Inequality

by Naira Sodré and Max Milliano Melo Yesterday, May 13, we remembered the date of the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. But 125 years after the abolition of slavery, Brazil is still far from ...

Analysis of two decades of income tax trends also find the rich consume more.

So who has not faced one of those moments when it is announced that there is a reorganization about to take place. It often has the habit of freezing what you are doing; you begin to put things on ...

There are 2 million health care aides in the United States. And jobs in this industry are expected to increase 70% over the next decade. But the average worker earns just $9.70 an hour.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has created quite a stir with his estimates that every household below the poverty level receives an average of $168-a-day (or about $61,000-a-year) in government welfare.

The celebrity culture is frequently attracted to fixed and wildly exaggerated caricatures of femininity and masculinity that, although they tend to have about as much depth as cardboard cutouts, can only mutilate the tender sense of adolescent self.

Higher education should be closing the gap between the rich and the poor. But college economics are driving them further apart

In a post-employment economy, many are working simply to earn the prospect of making money.

A study finds that H-1B visas don't necessarily go to "the best and brightest."

How did we end up with Wall Street when models for a healthy economy are all around us?

These days, Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh, a law firm in Atlanta, hires only people with a bachelor’s degree — no exceptions. And it is far from alone.

The data from this Silicon Valley jobs report shows that Silicon Valley's so-called meritocracy happens to benefit white and Asian people, while the black and Latino community suffers.

Our brightest poor students are overwhelmingly unlikely to apply to our best schools, and it's bad news -- for social mobility, for economic growth, and for income equality.