The top 10% wealthiest share of the global population reportedly holds 50% of total wealth, and that disparity could worsen.

AI-specific resources like chips, data, and infrastructure can become a source of global inequality, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mentioned in a paper it published in April this year.

Mallikarjun Kharge’s message trusted he was someone “who will be seen by posterity as being hugely consequential” ...

Ancient housing data shows that wealth inequality often followed land monopolization but was sometimes curbed by inclusive ...

Across the last 10,000 years, inequality has followed no single path. Instead of a straight rise tied to farming, population booms, or cities, the divide between rich and poor has ebbed and flowed ...

For decades, ancient Greece, Rome, or medieval Europe have been used as models for how inequality developed. But the global view tells a more diverse story. Human agency—how people choose to ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, the study warns that the distributional effects of climate change are likely to worsen, with significant implications for social and economic stability. The ...

A pontiff for our times who championed social justice, responded to the climate crisis, and threw the door of the church wide ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Catholic Church leader who tried to position the church to be more inclusive, has died. He was 88.

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died of “Cerebral stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure”.