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Wealth tax proponents claim only super rich people would be affected. But to raise the revenue Warren, Sanders, and Biden want, they'd have to tax the "working rich"—doctors, lawyers, and other hardworking high earners.

WASHINGTON — Doctors and demographers recently noticed another tragic example of how polarization shapes America: The pandemic has killed more people in the nation’s Republican enclaves than its Democratic strongholds. They explain the gap by pointing to Republican resistance to vaccines and the GOP’s more cavalier approach to combating the…

“Polls are blunt instruments, not precision instruments,” pollsters remind us. So can they account for the changing demographics of COVID-19?

Economists studying gender pay said men and women start more or less on an even footing but wage disparities widen over time

Women's edge in pay isn't likely to last as they get older

In New York City and D.C., there’s a gender pay gap — for men under 30.

Two-thirds of Indians “completely agree” that a wife must “always obey” her husband, and roughly one-third of adults feel childcare should be “primarily handled” by women.

A new Pew poll reveals a stark partisan divide in which groups we trust

A majority of teleworkers are working from home because they're choosing to, per a new Pew study.