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

The hollowing out of the middle class has become a bipartisan trope. President Trump’s supporters use this fear of household economic decline to justify his tariffs and industrial policies. Liberals ...

Learn how 2026 tax changes could impact middle-class families, from new brackets to deductions, and what you can do to ...

As the IRS released its annual inflation adjustments for Tax Year 2026, the implications for middle-class Americans earning under $50,000 are substantial. While headlines often focus on high-income ...

The president’s net approval rating among the middle class declined from -10 in October (43 percent approve, 53 percent ...

Middle-class families are supposed to feel stable, yet a growing stack of data shows they are being squeezed hard from every ...

“Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly wealthy or who wouldn’t classify as financially disadvantaged. But there’s ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...