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 ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

Recently, there has been more drama in the Kennedy Center’s offices than in its performance spaces. That was certainly the case yesterday, as the hallowed landmark was — whatever the legality — ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Universal Pictures (through United International Pictures) One of the most celebrated comedy movies of the ’80s is ...

The drive vacation is still the most realistic way for the American middle class to see their own country. We’ve spent 30 years quietly dismantling the infrastructure that made it possible. Hotels in ...

If you had the displeasure of perusing through the social media site formerly known as Twitter over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, you’ve probably witnessed some of the least grateful people in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monty Python’s “Spamalot” is embarking on a quest to hit more than two dozen cities over the next nine months, and Cleveland is the first stop. Based on the cult comedy classic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Idle sometime gazes up into the heavens and wonders about something if we ever make contact with aliens: Will they have a sense of humor? “I think the answer must be yes, because ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Living in Colorado isn’t known to be cheap, with what it takes to have a “middle class” income in the state rising more than most. In several Colorado cities, however, even the ...