Poverty sticks and the middle class stalls when the basic math of life stops working: paychecks lag behind prices, essentials ...

No major U.S. metro is affordable enough for the middle class, but the Twin Cities is one of the most accessible options.

The U.S. middle class is getting smaller and the number of Americans falling toward poverty is on the rise. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, more and more people are falling toward poverty as ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

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 ...

Here are six factors that can prevent people from advancing up the financial ladder, regardless of whether the rungs have ...

The Mexican government on Friday claimed that for the first time in history more  Mexicans are categorized as middle class ...

In the recent Joe Rogan interview with Bernie Sanders, the senator from Vermont made a simple and empathetic argument: People today are angry because, decades ago, families had money to spare and didn ...

WASHINGTON - In a recent speech, President Barack Obama referred to the "middle class" 14 times, defining it as a family that makes up to $250,000 a year. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has looked ...

(CNN) — Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens ...