middle class

Millennials would rather pay off their student debt than spend money getting hitched.

Sky-high rent, second jobs, and wealth-worshipping 1% TV shows—journalist Alissa Quart explains how the American dream became a dystopia, and why it’s so hard for middle-class Americans to get by.

How does our perception of social status relate to health and success?

Has the oldest problem in the book become taboo again? C. Nicole Mason expresses concern over a nation-wide moral failure that is leaving the U.S.’s most vulnerable to struggle in silence.