In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand at his own corruption trial.

The US could potentially build a new path to prosperity for millions of Americans by mandating such simple things as paid ...

Do you consider yourself to be middle class? The definition of America's middle class is not totally clear; however, the Pew Research Center defines the middle class as those whose household ...

The New York Times had a lengthy piece giving a story on how the Democrats lost the support of working-class voters over the ...

and community members that comprise a vibrant middle class.” Image President Biden’s administration could be seen as a corrective to decades of working-class neglect, even if those voters ...

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The Democratic Party’s estrangement from working-class voters first became clear with Donald Trump’s upset of Hillary Clinton in 2016, ...

Jobs with lower wages and fewer benefits are often derided as “low skilled,” a catchall phrase to describe work that requires little formal education. Such thinking is short-sighted.

Florida is hard to define in and of itself, let alone when it comes to its spectrum of income levels. The Floridian lifestyle can range from retired beach bum to nightclub owner, and in that ...

People used to find that earning a standard middle-class income could still provide comfort, but now, they find themselves living paycheck to paycheck. Caught between the affluence of the wealthy ...

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