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 ...

These cost increases mean that even families classified as middle class are struggling to keep up with expenses, especially as the costs of basic necessities are rising faster than the overall rate of ...

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 ...

“Class” in America has always been something of a conundrum. It’s often been said that class doesn’t really exist here, at least not as it does in other parts of the world. This is one of the pillars ...