How a 1950s study of social class and mental illness in New Haven changed the way people thought about mental health.

Health inequality is associated with measuring and comparing health outcomes of various groups. Some common parameters of measurement are life expectancy, rate of diseases, and disease-free life ...

Washington Post journalists speak with top experts about the medical toll of racial inequality and ways to address disparities in health care. Associate editor Jonathan Capehart begins with assistant ...

During the pandemic, racial and social class inequality increased dramatically, according to this year’s Silicon Valley Pain Index. The annual report by San Jose State University's Human Rights ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that when people understand how income inequality creates disparities in health care and education access, they become more ...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress unveiled a new paper examining how the strength of the middle class and inequality affect our nation’s economic growth and stability. Despite ...

In the most egalitarian countries, poor and less educated adults were more protected from job losses. By Jonathan Rothwell In the United States and many other nations, lower-income and less educated ...

During the last two decades, the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in more than 1.6 million premature deaths compared to the White population. Join Washington Post Live for ...