When I was a kid, $100,000 sounded like an impossibly large sum of money. Even when I started working at my first professional job with an entry-level salary of $32,000, I thought that making $100,000 ...

Since replacing her boss atop the 2024 Democratic ticket, Kamala Harris has cast herself as an agent of generational change who would open "a new way forward" for the American people. But even if a ...

Economic mobility and a steady rise up the 'ranks' of the financial strata are often heavy on the minds of American consumers. The United States is a place of extremes, financially. The wealthy rake ...

In 2018, 52% of adults in the U.S. defined themselves as part of the middle class, meaning that they made between $48,500 and $145,500. As years have passed, the indicators of what makes someone ...

Minneapolis Public Schools has lost nearly 1 in 4 students since 2018. One reason: classrooms are too crowded. The newly negotiated teacher contract, which includes enforceable class-size caps, is a ...

Washington will have a number of recruits in the stands Saturday for its game against Purdue, none more important than a four-star Penn State pledge.

Democratic socialism doesn't have a one-size-fits-all definition. But its proponents emphasize a stronger role for the ...

According to the Pew Research Center, the middle class is shrinking. In 1971, 61% of Americans lived in middle-income households. By 2023, that number had dropped to just 51%. As more people shift ...

My AEI colleague Karlyn Bowman has a fascinating report out today. From a post she wrote on AEI’s blog: “Middle-class economics” has been a focal point of President Obama’s latest economic proposals.