The former president’s unexpectedly powerful farewell address rightly condemned the very oligarchy he empowered.

Ours is a government of laws, but also of persons. Laws alone cannot save us from stupidity or tyranny. The law can only save ...

If President Donald Trump was polarising on the campaign trail, his first week back in office was no different. He was ...

There’s no official ruling on the collective noun for a group of billionaires, but if ever we needed one it was this week, ...

Wealthy people have always had a louder voice, but Trump’s new allies represent the starkest consolidation of wealth in US ...

It’s not every day that Joe Biden and Steve Bannon are saying the same thing. But don’t get confused: Their means don’t have ...

The three wealthiest Americans, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, sat together Monday at the second inauguration of ...

The term "oligarchy" has been used to describe powerful Russian business leaders and the Chinese government. In a primetime farewell address Wednesday, President Joe Biden warned Americans that an ...

In today’s increasingly unequal world, empowered by tech marvels such as Artificial Intelligence, economic power invariably ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about what some have called the oligarchy shaping American politics and society.