The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

Are improvements to green technologies, like better batteries and more efficient solar panels, enough on their own to tackle climate change? Unfortunately not. Our behaviour and lifestyles must change too.

The fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled since 2020, while three in five people around the globe have been made poorer. Those are just some of the findings in Oxfam's new inequality report, released to coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum, an…

Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase

As the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, the charity Oxfam has issued its annual report on wealth, poverty and inequality. It makes some bold assertions. But there are skeptics.

The richest three Australians made $1.5 million every hour since 2020, Oxfam’s shocking inequality report has found.

As the U.S. celebrates the civil rights icon on MLK Day, here are a few things to know about the holiday honoring the slain activist and his fight against inequality and racial injustice.

New research found that poorest fifth pay a tax rate 60% higher, on average, than the top 1% of households

California Controller Malia M. Cohen calls for tax code change to cap deferred payments, ensuring fair distribution of taxes and addressing income inequality.

When some French schools reopen in September this year, they will pilot a mandatory school uniform under a two-year trial period initiated by Education Minister Gabriel Attal. The initiative aims to tackle inequality among French students and reduce bullying and peer pressure. But some public school teachers, psychologists and experts…