Middle-Income Americans Are Increasingly Making Use of the Social Safety Net
A new report released by the Brookings Institution finds the safety net is not just for low-income folks anymore.
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Why Our Families Can’t Afford America
A portrait of the stressed and shrinking American middle class.
These Charts Show How the GOP’s Tax Reform Bill Will Spell Trouble for the Middle Class in the Long Run
Republicans' tax reform legislation would give middle-class Americans a nice break, but only in the short term.
Will Trump’s New Executive Order on Apprenticeship Programs Do Anything for the Middle Class?
At least one economist is skeptical.
Can Apprenticeships Save the Middle Class?
The Trump administration is doubling down on the workforce development model that made the president a (reality television) star: apprenticeships.
How to Make the New Economy Work for Everyone
Last week, the Aspen Institute released a comprehensive, bipartisan set of reforms to help the working and middle class. Here’s what it has to say.
Few Blue-Collar Americans Hold Office, and the Reason Is Not Low Pay
Higher salaries don’t get more working-class Americans entering politics. By Nathan Collins Former New York City Mayor John…
The Future of Work: Three Ways to Protect the Middle Class
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
Are We Talking Enough About the Black Middle Class?
When it comes to racial inequality, most of the political conversation centers on black poverty. But this ignores a segment of black America that has attained some measure of success and is being held back from achieving more.
Chicago’s Disappearing Middle Class
An animation using Census data makes clear how family income has changed in America's Second City over 40-plus years.