Mobility rests on two conditions, both necessary and neither sufficient alone. Individuals must possess the capability to ...

Total household wealth is high in Britain. Yet, for many families, it has never felt harder to climb the financial ladder. That's the stark message from a new report by the Resolution Foundation, a UK ...

F rustration with the high cost of college and the rising number of students saddled with debt has more Americans asking, Is a college degree worth it? That question is especially momentous as the ...

When belief in free will is challenged, and people become less certain about their ability to determine their own outcomes, upward social mobility feels less feasible. Source: Samantha Garrote / ...

“Relative mobility” measures how a child’s ranking in the income distribution compares to her parents'. “Absolute mobility” measures something entirely different. The economics blogosphere as well as ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., struck a deep nerve — and invigorated her campaign — when she attacked former Vice President Joe Biden for not embracing busing as a way to integrate public schools in ...