Dirk VanderHart Portland police and city employees sweeping camps near the Springwater Corridor in 2014 One week ago, a collection of SE Portland neighborhood advocates met to discuss the ongoing ...
"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...
ChatGPT started with the basics. In 1971, about 61% of American adults lived in middle-income households. By 2021, that number had dropped to 50%. That’s a massive shift in just 50 years. But the ...
Many life milestones feel out of reach for the middle class, a big indicator that things are shifting. Here's what it could ...