We're living in a period where the gap between rich and poor is dramatic, and it's continuing to widen. But inequality is nothing new. In a new study researchers compared house size distributions from ...

Today on the Academic Minute: Bryant Simon, professor of history at Temple University, looks to the past to examine why public bathrooms have long been marked by inequality. Learn more about the ...

Few things are more fun to study about in history than real-life houses of ancient people (and the hilarious graffiti at Pompeii is surely a strong contender). Walking through the ruins of an ancient ...

Five millennia ago, wealth inequality—which had stayed roughly constant for thousands of years—exploded. It has stayed constant, albeit much higher, ever since. "It's really amazing," says SFI ...

Three excavated Classic period (ca. 550–750 CE) houses at El Palmillo (Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico). Bottom: the largest and most elaborate residential structure (Platform 11). Top right: a less ...