The Hidden Gender Bias in the Language of Power. The word “oligarch” is steeped in history, power, and exclusivity, but there's an hidden aspect about it which is rarely talked about.

CHANG: Oligarchy - it's a word more commonly associated with wealthy businessmen in Eastern Europe, right? But it's being used increasingly here in the U.S. We wanted to understand why, so we ...

Last Wednesday, during former President Joe Biden's farewell address, he warned that the U.S. could become an "oligarchy." Here's what it means ...

America is close to having its first real oligarch, a Russian dissident — and former world chess champion — warned in an interview Sunday.Garry Kasparov, who now chairs the Renew Democracy ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. A Nevada probate commissioner ruled last week against billionaire media scion Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to change his family’s trust in order to guarantee that his ...

The Democrats, casting about for an anti-Trump narrative, have found a word: “oligarchy.” It was part of Joe Biden’s farewell address; it’s central to Senator Bernie Sanders’s ...

The New York field office for the FBI has filed a $3.4-million civil forfeiture complaint over the sale of a Russian oligarch's music studio, alleging that the funds evaded sanctions imposed on him.

It’s not hyperbole to label centibillionaire, Elon Musk, as America’s first, and to date, only oligarch. An oligarch is a member of a small and privileged group that exercises power in a ...

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.