Every now and then, we all face struggles—some big, some small. But depending on your circumstances, what feels like a serious issue to you might look very different to someone else. Once upon a time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We know there are real problems people are facing right now, and we don't want to downplay them — but sometimes being upper-middle ...

Middle-class consumers don’t need clickbait headlines to know the economy feels uncertain. As they enter 2026, many feel the squeeze not only when buying everyday items like groceries but also when ...

Joe Biden is obsessed with the American middle class. It’s the very spine of the US economy, as the president regularly puts it, and the deliberate target of everything from his administration’s ...

Between bombshell op-eds and a federal court case on college admissions, race-based affirmative action is back in the pundits' spotlight. Earlier this week, Peter Beinart joined Ross Douthat in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle ...

For millions of middle-class students, the American dream of higher education is slipping away. Not because of grades, ambition or effort, but because of a financial aid system that limits those who ...

"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...