Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

When researchers use an “absolute definition” instead — one that holds purchasing power constant over time — a different ...

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 ...

The Wall Street Journal opinion in the Reformer on Friday, Jan. 16 ("About that 'disappearing' middle class"), presents dollar amounts for various economic classes to try to make the point ...

The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling.

When we think of middle class life, several things come to mind: owning a home, stable childcare, food in the pantry, a sense of security. But as the rich get richer in Massachusetts, the middle class ...

Once the backbone of the American dream, the middle class is gradually vanishing, and with it, the sense of security it provided for so many. Rising costs, stagnant wages, and economic shifts are ...

For millions of residents, being middle class in California now comes with a surprising caveat: a paycheck that would signal prosperity almost anywhere else in the country may stil ...

We’re pleased to report the American middle class is indeed “hollowing out”—because ever more Americans are earning their way into higher income brackets. That runs counter to today’s populist gloom ...

I read with great interest Katie Johnston’s article in the Globe’s series on Massachusetts’ disappearing middle class (“For people striving to break into the middle class, hard work is no longer ...