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The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.16.2011
The economy might be failing, pushing millions of Americans down the earnings ladder, but many people nevertheless say they're living the American dre...
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.07.2011
CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- They sent her off with a lavish retirement party -- dinner and drinks at a local yacht club, overlooking the inky waters of the Ca...
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 01.31.2012
The home seller sobbed when she heard her real estate transaction fell through. "I've got to get out of here," she let me know for the umpteenth time. "I can't keep pretending to be middle class."
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.21.2011
America is increasingly becoming a place of high- and low-skill jobs, with less room available for a middle class. A new report from the Federal R...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.10.2012
The country might be in a recovery, but it surely doesn't feel that way to the large number of American households struggling to put food on the table...
HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.13.2011
EDGEWATER, Colo. -- Before the unraveling, Selena Blanco and her family felt secure in their hold on middle class life in this bedroom community just ...
The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.23.2011
Suburbs have long been associated with white picket fences and manicured lawns. But for many living in suburbia today, the reality is much bleaker. ...
AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The American suburb is no longer a refuge from poverty in cities. A pair of analyses by the nonprofit Brookings Institution paints...
Posted 05.25.2011
The national recession has had a suffocating impact on the middle class, with high rates of unemployment, home foreclosure and other hardships pushing...
Posted 05.25.2011
Over the last decade, much of the conversation surrounding poverty in America has focused on the urban poor. But according to a report released by the...
Posted 03.01.2012