More families are moving up into higher income brackets, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute said, throwing cold water on the idea that America's middle class is disappearing because ...

No major U.S. metro is affordable enough for the middle class, but the Twin Cities is one of the most accessible options. According to a report this month from the Brookings Institution, more than 75% ...

The Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the producer and director of the Melody Maids film next month to get a feature-length screening in downtown Beaumont for everyone to see.

The first CEO of the Internal Revenue Service is reinforcing signals from the Trump administration that Americans could see the "biggest tax refund ever" in the new year. "We should expect exactly ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

‘Goodbye June,’ starring Helen Mirren and Toni Collette, is directed by Winslet and written by the 21-year-old Anders Jack Smart is the Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. With 10 years of experience as an ...

Hulu has released the first-look teaser for the Malcolm in the Middle reboot, and it includes a callback to the original series. The teaser shows a familiar scene with Bryan Cranston’s Hal getting his ...

Netflix is gearing up for the Dec. 16 return of hit reality cooking competition “Culinary Class Wars” with the release of its main trailer, as anticipation builds for the sophomore season of the ...

In a world of rising prices, it is getting more difficult to get ahead financially. In fact, for millions of people, being a member of the middle class just isn't what it used to be. Here are some ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...

Determining whether you’re rich or part of the middle class can be tricky. So many factors can eat into your income, such as cost of living, grocery bills and how many people you have in your care. It ...

Welcome back to World According to Briggs. Today we're looking at 10 U.S. cities losing their middle class faster than a college kid's apartment loses its security deposit. These places, once symbols ...