Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

A growing number of middle-class families are struggling to afford the basics of housing, childcare, food, transportation, and healthcare. These cost increases mean that even families classified as ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University, about the difficulty of defining what "middle class" is today. We asked ...

A poll from The Washington Post finds widespread agreement among Americans on what it means to be middle class. But just over a third of U.S. adults have the financial security to meet that definition ...

Clive Crook is afraid of the proles. Acknowledging arguments that extreme income inequality is socially and economically unsalutary (reviewed in National Journal by Jonathan Rauch), Crook cautions ...

As this year’s graduating seniors don their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas, the commencement ceremonies will mark the successful completion of four years of high school that were unlike any ...

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It seems like a simple question, but it actually has a complicated answer. It depends on how you define "middle class." "It's a sense of security," says Jeffrey Wenger, senior policy researcher at the ...

This spring, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two cases that touch on questions of the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. Source: Fibonacci Blue (Flickr). In U.S. v. Windsor, with arguments ...