Nearly one-third of U.S. household wealth was held by the top 1% in the third quarter of 2025.

A recent WalletHub report ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Staff Writer at The New Yorker Evan Osnos joins Chris Jansing to share more on his new book “The Haves and Have-Yachts” and break down why wealth inequality in the U.S. is continuing to widen.

It’s not every day one high school dropout gets to challenge a billionaire dropout, and likely the only dropout ever to reach outer space. I got this challenge idea reading in a recent edition of The ...

Shocker: New data shows that wealth inequality has reached its widest gap in more than three decades. Is anyone surprised?

The gap between the rich and poor in America is huge and well-known. But what’s not very well known is just how large it is. According to the London School of Economics and Political Science, “The ...

When Senator Bernie Sanders took his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to Missoula, Montana, in mid-April, he had one person in particular on his mind. “Mr. Musk himself owns more wealth than the bottom 56 ...

The New Republic recently commissioned a poll asking Americans for their opinions on wealth distribution in the United States. In short, we found that people feel strongly that the superrich own too ...

Whether Washington allows a federal shutdown or not, massive cuts are being made in federal programs for the poor and the hungry. Last week, New York Times food-writer Mark Bittman and 4000 others ...

The numbers would solve a lot of problems, but create others. Research shows that the average American would have a six- to seven-figure income if the nation’s wealth were distributed equally. Nearly ...

The top 15 wealthiest billionaires aren’t the only ones doing well for themselves. Our analysis found that found that the ...