The concept of being middle class in America has shifted dramatically. What used to guarantee a comfortable lifestyle now barely covers basic expenses in many areas. With rising costs, changing ...

Thank you, Hartford Courant columnist and professor Gina Barreca, for spelling out the true meaning of class (March 7)! In today’s world of crazy, mixed-up values, we seemed to have lost the true ...

The first thing to say is that there are various ways of referring to class. Often, when people talk about class, they talk in terms of cultural/sociological labels. For example, middle-class people ...

“Searching for the American middle class is a little like looking for air,” historian Loren Baritz wrote in his 1988 The Good Life: The Meaning of Success for the American Middle Class, stating that ...

That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...

Weeds tend to be the number one issue for gardeners. The name can take on many different meanings. Let’s get down into the weeds on the various definitions. The definition of a weed is a plant out of ...