"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

When my parents emigrated (separately) to the U.S. from Hungary in the late 1950s and 1960s, they both landed in the Midwest: the heartbeat of America, the hub of American manufacturing, and the ...

Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

Newly sworn-in Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) campaigned on the middle class — but don’t ask her to define it. In an interview with the FOX News affiliate in Boston on Friday, Warren refused to ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Kevin Klemm is going into his third week of teaching from home.Since the first day the Illinois social studies teacher found out schools were shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, there was ...