Middle-class families are feeling the squeeze as everyday costs outpace paychecks and safety nets thin out. From rising credit card balances to delayed homeownership, the warning signs of money stress ...

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

While your parents taught you to say "please" and "thank you," wealthy children are being raised with an entirely different set of social rules—and the clash between these worlds is more revealing ...

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy. The share of adults who once sat comfortably between poverty and affluence ...

America’s middle class has faced decades of decline. A recent study by the Pew Research Center shows that only 51 percent of Americans are middle income today, down from 61 percent in 1971. Meanwhile, ...

More middle-class families are feeling the pinch when it comes to the rising cost of living. New York-based nonprofit Hunger Free America and its CEO Joel Berg presented the findings Wednesday on ...

What you accurately captured is that the middle class is not defined by brand names or social status, but by financial margin. A family is considered middle class when they can afford necessities, ...

President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law, promising to boost the economy and put more money back into the pockets of American families. While some attention has focused on ...

The American middle class is facing financial pressures, struggling to keep up with the cost of living. Both political parties are perceived as neglecting the needs of the middle class, with Democrats ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and state lawmakers reached a deal on the state’s $55 billion two-year budget by agreeing to scrap a child tax credit for the middle class. Lamont opposed the $150 per ...

The idea of being middle class in The Bahamas used to be relatively straightforward – you had a steady job, you could keep up ...