In this heartbreaking portrait of one American family, Eli Saslow offers a look at “backwards mobility” and the country’s collapsing middle class. It had been almost a month since Dave, 39, found his father lying unresponsive in bed next to his cellphone and a bill from a collections agency, having died of a heart attack […]
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The Mirage of the Black Middle Class
“Black Americans have been shut out of stability at every turn.”
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Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class
Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class
Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
What We’re Not Talking About When We Talk About Tiny House Hunters
Big economic anxieties, writ small.
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‘Tiny House Hunters’ and the Shrinking American Dream
The dream of homeownership, now with composting toilets.
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Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means
Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
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A family, convinced that homeownership was a requisite part of the American dream, ends up with a foreclosure: We tried to short sale. A realtor named Sharon came by the condo to see the property and talk about our options. Normally a friendly and exuberant child, our two-year-old daughter Amelie was immediately suspicious of Sharon, […]