New York state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s victory Tuesday over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo capped an astonishing ...

The middle class is often reduced to numbers—but it's much more than income brackets. It's a culture defined by values, work ...

Alexander Burns is POLITICO's senior executive editor, North America. He was previously POLITICO's head of news. He has covered elections and political power across the U.S. for over a decade and ...

Socialism has a well-earned reputation as a secular, rational movement. But not all socialists throughout history were quite ...

Middle-class shoppers flock to brands like The North Face and Dillard's as signs of their material comfort, and they aren't ...

When it comes to workplace candor, most leaders focus on helping frontline employees feel safe to speak up—the concept Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson popularized as team psychological ...

The U.S. economy is productive, wages and incomes are healthy, and consumer spending remains robust. Real income has risen for people across all age brackets and marital statuses, and as more women ...

Casey Sullivan remembers growing up in the hunting mecca of Meeker and as a middle school student being able to learn hunting education in school there. With that memory in mind, around 2017, as a ...

Ever wonder where your income puts you compared to the rest of the country? I do. Not in a comparison-obsessed way, but more like a quick "Am I doing OK?" check-in kind of thing. The U.S. Census ...

At a time when millions of Americans are struggling financially, with everything from unaffordable housing prices to rising utility bills, inflationary pressure and volatile energy markets, the last ...