A new book by two of our nation’s foremost poverty researchers, Kathryn Edin and H. Luke Shaefer, reveals the desperate circumstances that hundreds of thousands…

In the first episode we showed how the US became an unsustainable service sector based economy from the 1970s onward when service sector employment diverged from manufacturing…

As far as we can tell, there was no “death from measles,” just a seemingly desperate attempt to twist the facts to support a pro-measles…

According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the shadowy “central bank of central banks,” the world as it stands is incapable of combating another…

In light of how the International Monetary Fund has spent most of its existence parading around the world telling governments to make their economies more…

Americans spend more per capita on health care than people anywhere else in the world, yet outcomes in every other developed country are better on…

The OECD found that the gap between rich and poor is at record levels in most of its 34 member countries. But the U.S. and…

Income inequality in many developed countries has reached an all-time high, according to a report released Thursday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The…

In a "rapidly urbanizing world," the poorest mothers and children living in urban centers—in developing countries and Western nations alike—face similar obstacles and high risk…

The world capitalist system is arguably experiencing the worst crisis in its 500 year history. World capitalism has experienced a profound restructuring through globalisation over…

When researchers examine violent assault numbers, historically the data has pointed to higher rates of female victimization in developing countries. But a study by a…

Voter suppression plays an important role in keeping Black turnout below that of whites, but does not explain why overall U.S. voter participation is far…