The share of Americans in the middle class is shrinking as rising costs outpace many workers' pay. While wages have grown in recent years, inflation and higher expenses for essentials like housing and ...

“America’s middle class is hurting,” said Vice President Joe Biden last month when he announced the formation of a Middle-Class Task Force, which will meet for the first time on Feb. 27. The recession ...

Portrait of a middle class family sitting on a bench in their garden circa 1945. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images) “Watch out there, Jack, there’s people living under here.” —Ralph Ellison, “The World ...

Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there. Zohran Mamdani won New York’s ...