middle class

by Riley Schnepf

You Think You’re Middle Class, But These 5 Stats Say Otherwise If you’re like most Americans, you still identify as middle class, even as you watch rent, groceries, and basic expens... read the story

by Riley Schnepf

What the Middle Class Still Doesn’t Understand About the Rich There’s a story the middle class tells itself about the rich. That they got lucky. That they inherited it. That they�... read the story

by Riley Schnepf

10 States Where the Middle Class Is Being Squeezed Out Completely Once the backbone of the American Dream, the middle class is slowly being erased in places where it used to thrive. Thes... read the story

by Riley Schnepf

Debt Is the New Middle Class: Why Everyone Looks Rich But Owes Everything Walk through any middle-class neighborhood today, scroll through Instagram, or even glance at the new SUVs lined up in s... read the story

by Shannon Christman

You Need More Than Money to Join the Upper Class I used to think social class was directly tied to wealth — if you were rich, you were upper class; if you were poor, y... read the story