Failing a class in college is weirdly taboo, even though it happens to all kinds of students. If you found this post, you’re likely facing the likelihood of failing a class. It’s hard to know what to ...

Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence. Marisa Shuman challenged her students at the Young Women’s ...

Up to 87% of Americans identify as middle class — but few agree on what that means. Here’s what your income says about you, your community and the country. Enter ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on who deserves what in a marriage. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My husband loves to travel and always either pays for, or gets an upgrade into, the first-class cabin.

America's middle class has been shrinking for the past 50 years. While middle class Americans remain the biggest income group by number of people, the same can't be said of the aggregate income earned ...