The Census Bureau released its annual report yesterday on “Income and Poverty in the United States” with lots of updated data on household income and household demographics. Based on those new data, I ...

Trade makes for peaceful relationships between nations, but gains for consumers and workers aren't spread evenly. Many economists and politicians argue that international trade has been a good thing.

On February 11th, the UHC hosted Dr. Benjamin Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology & International Affairs at Princeton University. Bradlow's research makes connections between climate change, ...

In order to effectively address inequalities of opportunity it is crucial to understand the factors that actually tilt the playing field to the disadvantage of affected groups. In its latest report on ...

To explore how public sentiment can influence minimum wage policies, we zoomed in on protests as a signal of public opinion across the US. We analysed data from over 130,000 protests across US ...

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. Part of How To Talk To Your Kids About Money. New York Times “Your ...

Evidence from survey research suggests that most people in the United States recognize economic inequality as a social problem in our society. And many of us are willing to acknowledge that ...

With great wealth and desperate struggle often coexisting only minutes away from each other, inequality can feel like a defining part of life in Connecticut. But it's not just a sense or a vibe — data ...

Tell me something, what's better in terms of long term health prospects: a person with 30% body fat and 150 lbs of lean muscle or a person with 50 lbs of lean muscle and 30% body fat? Click to expand.