Every now and then, we all face struggles—some big, some small. But depending on your circumstances, what feels like a serious issue to you might look very different to someone else. Once upon a time ...

Middle-class consumers don’t need clickbait headlines to know the economy feels uncertain. As they enter 2026, many feel the squeeze not only when buying everyday items like groceries but also when ...

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 ...

Across the country, middle-class Americans are discovering that expenses their parents treated as routine milestones now feel like luxuries. From housing to healthcare, the affordability crisis is ...

In the United States and other developed countries, the middle-class has long been the indicator of a strong economy. They’re our teachers, accountants, nurses and more. Having a healthy middle class ...

It is possible to change your social class status but not without huge paradigm shifts, a great deal of intentional dedicated effort, acquiring new social and professional skills, and having mentors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...

If you are middle-class, then you'll know all about the conspicuous shows of having money. Far too many people's lifestyle is funded by debt. According to Federal Reserve data, U.S. consumer debt now ...

(TNND) — Consumer spending saw its strongest annual growth in nearly two years last month, according to Bank of America Institute data. But under the hood are signs of continued consumer stress and a ...

Middle-class families don’t feel as secure as they once did. It isn’t because the poverty line is “really” $140,000, as Michael Green claimed in a viral essay last year. Yet the impoverished feeling ...