This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

Think about the last time you complained about something going wrong at home. Maybe the Wi-Fi dropped during a movie night, ...

In the recent Joe Rogan interview with Bernie Sanders, the senator from Vermont made a simple and empathetic argument: People today are angry because, decades ago, families had money to spare and didn ...

A Mexican household considered "middle class" by national standards earns less per month than what a full-time U.S. worker on the federal minimum wage brings home. While both countries debate living ...

Many adults experience a loss of control later in life when they've grown up poor, according to a study from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, but when they grow up middle class, then ...

For decades, the American middle class has been shrinking as the rich get richer and workers are routinely and increasingly screwed. That’s certainly happened in Arizona over the last 10 years, with ...

Having a middle class family used to be a foundation of The American Dream, a dream of security, access and opportunity. Or, at least, that's what it used to mean. From rising housing costs to the ...

The cost of living has been top of mind for many people over the past two years as inflation has driven up prices. As with rising costs in living, the income needed to be considered middle class has ...

WASHINGTON - In a recent speech, President Barack Obama referred to the "middle class" 14 times, defining it as a family that makes up to $250,000 a year. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has looked ...