But America’s aristocracy is thriving, thank you very much. You may have noticed a spate of recent stories about how the superrich avoid income taxes and inheritance taxes, ...

But the unrealism of nostalgia that this view attributes to him is better understood as his thoughtful realism, for aristocracy has its roots in human nature just as much as, though differently from, ...

Both old-style aristocracy and the modern aristocracy of citizenship forced many people into poverty and oppression based largely on circumstances of birth. And, in their heyday, ...

The fierce aristocracy of the South approximated that of Rome; but it had what was not in Rome, the Democracy of the Free States, possessed of State legislation (electing Senators) ...

Judy Woodruff: Now a look at a group that one writer is dubbing a new American aristocracy and the problems it poses for our society. No, it's not the billionaires in the top 0.1 percent of the ...

English and American Aristocracy. Share full article. July 30, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 30, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

With its toxic blend of arrogance and entitlement, the college admission cheating scandal has touched a deep nerve across the country. But it represents only the most visible inequity in a higher ...

While California's tech aristocracy is pushing a government 'guaranteed income', a blue collar city in California, Long Beach, is testing an alternative jobs-based approach to assist low income ...

‘The Aristocracy of Talent’ Review: Getting Ahead, Falling Behind. Succeeding in life by merit—and not because of background or parentage—seems eminently democratic.