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.
Middle Class
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.
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.
The Psychological Need the Wealthy Can’t Fulfill
And why you can expect more off-color and out-of-touch commentary like Tom Perkins’ op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that warned of a “Progressive Kristallnacht.”
Demise of the Global City
Gentrifiers suffer from gentrification as rising housing costs push people out of their first- and second-choice neighborhoods.
Falling Inequality Leads to Rising Unrest in Brazil -
The Brazilian middle class is bigger than ever, and that's why they're so fed up.
Middle Class Boom: Worldwide, the Global Middle Class Is Booming
From Detroit to Chicago to Italy, globalization is driving a transfer of knowledge, enriching people instead of places.
Twilight of the Middle Class: Not Making It in America
The chief preoccupation of middle-class Americans is not the dream of getting ahead, it is the fear of falling behind.
Berkeley's Ray of Hope Gets Brighter
Vice President Joe Biden expands idea to use special district bonds to pay for your solar power dreams.
Helping U.S. Businesses Find Global Customers
Pepperdine University marketing professor Roy Adler helps U.S. businesses take some of the guesswork out of finding customers around the world.
The New College Try
Gritty Hammond, Ind., and 80 other cities in decline have a novel approach to economic development: They're attracting new residents by offering to pay for their children to attend college. But is a promise to pay tuition a growth strategy — or welfare for the middle class?