All too often, middle-class Americans in their forties have a number in their head, and a number in their bank account, and ...

The middle class is hollowing out; Americans overall are increasingly falling short financially while a few are getting ...

Retirement is often portrayed as a simple math problem: save enough money, invest wisely, and eventually leave the workforce. But for many middle-class Americans approaching retirement, the biggest ...

The middle class affordability crisis is reshaping what ordinary life costs - here are 18 things that will be harder to ...

It’s tax time in America, and as taxpayers total up how much they owe, or how much they’ll get back from the IRS this year, one question bugs us all: Are we paying too much? More importantly, are you ...

Between bombshell op-eds and a federal court case on college admissions, race-based affirmative action is back in the pundits' spotlight. Earlier this week, Peter Beinart joined Ross Douthat in ...

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 ...

While middle class families have never been defined by the same financial freedom that upper-class wealthy households have, they've almost always had a level of financial comfortability that set them ...