And the “detox” era might be here soon enough. A recent CNBC survey of economists predicts that the first quarter GDP growth would fall to 0.3% from the 2.3% growth in the last quarter of 2024. It ...

I’ve come to the realization that, when I’m 80, even if the government is filled with a thousand right-wing extremists, I’d be happiest knowing that I played a little part in making their lives more ...

The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D ...

Top households are grabbing a larger share of the nation's wealth, a trend experts say could accelerate due to tax cuts and ...

And I’ve been thinking about that line — “the people will go where the money is” — a lot lately, considering all the dramatic ...

While the middle class is often treated as a monolith in discussions about it, the actual numbers tell a different story. The middle class covers a wide range of income levels, with the lower ...

People complain about immigration in many parts of the developed world, not just in the U.S. but in places like Ireland, ...

Many fear the middle class is essentially disappearing, which is why it's good to know the perimeters of this economic status and how to navigate them. You may assume that American ...

The book under review, by Dr. Eve Ewing of the University of Chicago, is a manifesto arguing for educational abolitionism: abolishing the American system ...

In his classic study, psychologist Richard Majors (with Janet Mancini Billson) writes, “Cool Pose is a distinctive coping mechanism that serves to counter, at least in part, the dangers that black ...

The United Auto Workers’ endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs amounts to a declaration of support for world war.

There’s no single, authoritative definition for what makes someone “upper,” “middle,” or “lower” class based on net worth.