American society is built around “keeping up with the Joneses,” and it naturally makes Americans curious about how their friends, neighbors and colleagues are doing financially. This is particularly ...

Upper class is always hard to define, and it’s something of a moving target. Between lifestyle choices, regional costs and inflation, “upper class” most definitely means different things to different ...

Lower class, middle class, and upper class are all widely used, but rarely defined terms. For some people, lower class means living in poverty, upper class means a life of luxury, and middle class is ...

After weeks overseeing phone banks and fielding calls from students and other employees at his stricken school, University of New Orleans professor Ken Walsh is going back to teaching. UNO is the ...