The "poor" in America are far richer in real economic terms than the rich in many places around the globe. Defining poverty and affluence is difficult when the bottom 20% in America has a higher ...

Most of America's richest think poor people ... And conservatives are even more likely to say the "poor have it easy" than the rich — a recent Pew survey found that more than three quarters ...

The rich and poor are living farther and farther apart. These segregated enclaves mask how people perceive inequality and reduce the chance they will overcome it. In the last two decades ...

America's wealthy households are increasingly ... To be sure, gentrification – when the rich move in, pushing out the poor – is a well-known and long-standing trend that's impacted ...

The extent of the divide between rich and poor was clearly shown during ... The best way to do it is by responding to the most basic needs of America’s poor. Dr. César Chelala is an ...

America’s socioeconomic classes are sharply siloed. The rich and poor live in different neighborhoods, work at different employers, shop at different stores, and learn at different schools. And the ...

It’s not just a divide between rich and poor but also between the ultra rich and everyone else. In 2020, a Pennsylvania State University researcher documented how the wealthiest school districts in ...

But Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says neither that statistic, nor the federal poverty line itself, encapsulate the full picture of economic insecurity in America. "There's plenty of ...

South Carolina is No. 8 in economic performance rank, a measure that measures 2013-23 for state gross domestic product (11th), absolute domestic migration (5th), and nonfarm payroll employment (8th).