“We should leave people to choose for themselves.” Sounds a sensible mantra? Only if we assume it does not rule out all pertinent pre-condit...

María del Carmen Abascal, whose case has become a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis, appeared in a video from her hospital bed after police officers removed her from her apartment.

In a pro-voter decision, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the U.S. Postal Service’s new mail-in voting rules, which could have disenfranchised millions of eligible American voters.

There is dignity and tenderness to this drama based on the real story of the Sixties Scoop – the scandal of First Nations children who were forcibly taken from their parents and adopted by white families

People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...

New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony.

New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.

As a very brief follow-on to our previous post on the anachronism of war in an interdependent world we show the Global Peace Index in relation to economic inequality in OECD countries. More unequal co...

Britain has a Prime Minister who is more Evertonian than Etonian. It's a radical break from the traditional elite - but how is the UK's class divide changing?

The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...

What would happen if these two very different societies were united, when their institutions and attitudes have evolved...

2016 is the year of the UK’s European Referendum and the US’ Presidential Election. To lose one contest may be regarded as a misfortune; to...

Lynette Roberts loved obscure words and was not shy about using them. Over the course of two pages, I had to look up ‘...

A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.

A Flourish data visualization by Yes in Pictures

If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...

This is an article from the USA and I could take issue with some of the points (eg criticism of…

6pm Thurs 21 May | Marion Fourcade and Rebecca Elliott | Free public event at LSE

For reforms to the UK’s long-term care system, should social and economic inequalities be *the* central framework for understanding the nature of the problem?

Some people get ever so upset over the notion of inclusiveness. They rant about it being ‘politically correct’, dismiss it as ‘woke’, and ch...

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 8 April · 46min

Two ancient peoples. A modern-day connection. Nothing divides the Choctaw people from the Irish except for the ocean.

Some people get ever so upset over the notion of inclusiveness. They rant about it being ‘politically correct’, dismiss it as ‘woke’, and ch...

Understanding inequality requires cross-disciplinary insights. The field is evolving constantly, with new research shaping how we think about economic disparities and mobility. That’s why the work we ...

We explore retirement readiness, gender gaps in pension wealth, and the real-life consequences of inequality across the life course.Dr Amy Harrison speaks with Dr Sam Parsons about what long-running b...