From a leading authority on race and public policy, a deeply researched account of how families rise and fall today Since the Great Recession, most Americans' s

Shapiro, the author of "Black Wealth/White Wealth," blends personal stories, interviews, empirical data, and analysis to illuminate how family assets produce dr

We are living in a time of extreme inequality: America’s three richest people now own as much wealth as the bottom half of the population. Although most accep

The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is person

A New York Times Editors’ Choice An “essential” (Jane Mayer) account of the dangerous marriage of plutocratic economic priorities and right-wing populist