Historical norms and a bit of whimsy play a role in why we have middle names When a baby is born, the first name gets all the glory—and scrutiny. But the middle name, if there is one, can seem like an ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a middle school hallway in Charlottesville, Virginia, a pair of sixth grade girls sat shoulder to shoulder on a lime green settee, creating comic strips that chronicled a ...

How to tell which one you belong to among the various classes Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who ...

Find the best public and private middle schools across the U.S. for you and your child. The U.S. News & World Report K-12 directory encompasses 59,051 middle schools that you can search based on the ...

America's middle class has been shrinking for the past 50 years. While middle class Americans remain the biggest income group by number of people, the same can't be said of the aggregate income earned ...

Note: For our more recent in-depth analysis of the middle class, read “The State of the American Middle Class” (May 2024). The middle class, once the economic stratum of a clear majority of American ...