A simple explanation of America’s jobless boom, rising unemployment claims, AI-driven growth, and why a strong labor report ...

Here is how middle-class income in 1995 compares to now.

In recent decades, researchers have identified a dramatic nationwide shift: The American middle-class family is struggling. The middle class is a social group that is defined mainly by income. A 2024 ...

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 ...

ChatGPT started with the basics. In 1971, about 61% of American adults lived in middle-income households. By 2021, that number had dropped to 50%. That’s a massive shift in just 50 years. But the ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...

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 ...

Support for President Donald Trump among middle-class Americans is showing signs of erosion, according to recent polling. Data from YouGov/The Economist shows that in August, 45 percent of ...

The promise of a secure middle-class life once seemed guaranteed for Canadian university graduates. For decades, earning a bachelor’s degree meant access to stable employment, ... Read more This ...

The income needed to maintain middle-class status in the United States has risen—and Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states, according to calculations by SmartAsset. Reaching middle-class ...