America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

The story of the American middle class is no longer a simple tale of steady paychecks and predictable progress. Across incomes, people who once felt secure now describe a grind of rising bills, ...

The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling.

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 ...

Many adults experience a loss of control later in life when they've grown up poor, according to a study from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, but when they grow up middle class, then ...

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

If anything, a slew of economic data suggests a middle class that’s actually shrinking. Mid-wage manufacturing and other jobs are disappearing due to automation and outsourcing, while lower-income ...

The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle class in 2025. Viral videos of average homes are sparking comment ...

The middle class demography is complex in terms variables and indices of economic and social status. It is a discussion I have had with several people and we never agreed on the size of the middle ...

You know it's bad when living paycheck to paycheck becomes the new status symbol. Nearly a quarter of middle-income individuals struggle to pay all of their bills every month, according to a study ...

Think you're middle class in Mississippi? Cost of living, inflation and the community you live can help define what qualifies as "middle class," but the idea is always changing. It's usually defined ...