Class identity, which is how individuals view their economic and social positions in relation to others, has wide-ranging ...

Minnesota state Rep. Kaela Berg, a Democrat, listens to testimony on a mental health education bill during a House Education Policy Committee meeting at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn.

While the middle class itself may be shrinking, as a study from the Pew Research Center suggests, the habits, behaviors, and mentalities of adults who grew up in middle-class households are still ...

Outside of literal language development and nonverbal communication — both of which tend to be influenced by poverty and income level, according to a study from the University of Michigan — there are ...

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

The world has changed for middle-class people over the past several decades. As of 2023, the middle class made up just over half (51%) of all Americans, down from 61% in 1971, according to Pew ...

Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life. In late fall, I was in a break room with 10 or so ...