Two years ago this month, Thomas Piketty published his massive tome on inequality, Capital in the 21st Century. Embedded in the 696 pages of tables and analysis was a fairly simple idea: In rich ...

Sisi Mitchell pores over tables of data showing the number of homicides, assaults, arrests and community engagements with police in Minneapolis. Her task is to find which precincts have the most ...

Only about 2 percent of all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers are held by Black women. Philadelphia native Atiyah Harmon is on a mission to exponentially increase this ...

Several factors help explain why economist Thomas Piketty's groundbreaking new book on economic inequality has been such a surprise hit. First, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" is based on an ...

The United States has the highest income gap in the developed world, and it's affecting how kids do in school, new research suggests. A new study reports that 10-year-olds' scores on standardized math ...

Income inequality theory is a lot like ancient astronaut theory, in that in order to believe in it, you have to disregard a lot of evidence to the contrary. Let's start with the most basic premise of ...