A narrow definition such as income inequality does not capture the vast disparities in power that define our society.

Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for our Philanthropy Today newsletter. I have long maintained that hope is the very oxygen of democracy. Yet today, inequality threatens ...

The decades following World War II were broadly prosperous, but conditions began changing in the 1970s. Class inequality has ...

Most countries are getting more and more unequal. But the core of democracy is political equality: that everyone should have an equal say in how their country is run. Can we really expect these things ...

A State Revenue Alliance report details other progressive tax wins in 2025, including property tax increases on high-value ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Scholarship in the U.S. provides mounting evidence of a linkage between economic inequality and inequality in representation and policymaking.

Demonstrators march outside the U.S. Capitol during the Poor People's Campaign rally at the National Mall in Washington on June 23, 2018. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Economists usually gauge a country’s ...

From the sustained community organizing that followed Mozambique's 2024 elections to the student-led civic protests in Serbia, the world is full of reminders that the future of democracy is ours to ...

Stakeholders at the 7th Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Awards (GFIIA) and lecture have raised alarms over the devastating effects of inequality and judicial corruption on Nigeria’s democratic ...

With back-to-school season in full swing, SUNY Cortland’s Institute for Civic Engagement is out to prove that meaningful chalkboard lessons aren’t limited to the classroom. A “democracy wall,” ...