Middle class

As the low-paid service sector grows and the old middle-class shrinks -- can the 'middle out' approach help service workers?

Though explicitly mentioned only once, the philosophy of "middle-out" economics informed his entire speech, where he promised to “reverse the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades.”

We took at a look at the workers who make the median wage, and it's not who you'd think.

Who earns median wage and what kind of education, housing, healthcare and retirement savings can they afford?

President Obama says he is going to refocus his efforts on the economy. How much can he really do?

Movies and television have sometimes reflected and sometimes shaped our ideas of how the American middle class lives.