Growing up middle class meant living in a space between privilege and struggle. It wasn’t wealth, but it wasn’t poverty, either—it was just enough to get by with occasional luxuries, as long as things ...

As the economy continues to shift and inflation and the cost of living have become exponentially high, the middle class has shrunk considerably. Families and households once regarded as middle-class ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. At the turn of the 20th century, my grandparents and many ...

While middle class families have never been defined by the same financial freedom that upper-class wealthy households have, they've almost always had a level of financial comfortability that set them ...