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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black federal workers have historically benefited from stability, good benefits, and less discrimination. Trump's job cuts and DEI ...

A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape. It consists of a single white DVD with the ...

When BreAntra Jackson started working at the Internal Revenue Service last October, she was excited to have secured a coveted position in the federal government. "Working at the IRS was one of the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Inflation has been hitting everyone’s wallet hard lately ...

(NEXSTAR) — Amid rising costs and economic uncertainty, it can be difficult to tell whether your paycheck is still putting you in the middle class. New data shows just how much a household needs to ...

For them, prices increased faster than their income, according to a September report by the Congressional Budget Office. Households in the lowest and highest income groups saw their income grow faster ...

Being middle class in one’s 40s isn’t about your paycheck; it’s about what you’ve built. These are the prime earning years. However, income alone doesn’t tell the whole story. At this stage in life, ...