When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.

Remember when a family vacation meant piling into the station wagon for a road trip to the coast, staying in a budget motel, and calling it a win? Those days feel like ancient history. The middle ...

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy. The share of adults who once sat comfortably between poverty and affluence ...