The Democratic party has significant work to do if it hopes to bounce back from its 2024 electoral defeat. Making inroads with the working-class is the only way possible, and a new report from the ...

New U.S. Census data reveals how much income it takes to reach middle- or upper-class status—and how location reshapes those boundaries.

Understanding where you fall in the American economic class system isn’t as simple as pulling out a calculator or looking at a pay stub. Various forces shape individuals’ economic classes and their ...

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Since the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump has emphasized the goal of making the United States economically stronger. However, the potential impact of his economic policies on the middle ...

Union membership allows workers without four-year college degrees to earn more and achieve financial security for their families and children. Increased wages for members that spill over to nonunion ...

ATLANTA - What does it take to be considered "middle class" in the United States? Well, it depends on where you live. Researchers at consumer finance site SmartAsset analyzed the high and low-ends of ...

Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party? Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class ...

The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were left behind. The Democratic Party’s estrangement from ...

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast. While a majority of Americans consider themselves middle class, he says far fewer actually are. The ...