The share of Americans in the middle class is shrinking as rising costs outpace many workers' pay. While wages have grown in recent years, inflation and higher expenses for essentials like housing and ...

About half of Americans are defined as being in the middle class. But, surely, they don’t all share the same lifestyle. For that reason, we’ll divide the middle class into lower, middle, and upper ...

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Keeping a 13-year reporting project going takes patience, compassion and lots of voicemails. That’s what I’ve learned in the almost six years I’ve been leading OPB’s Class of 2025. When the project ...