Middle class

Both President Obama and Mitt Romney spoke about the middle class in their nomination speeches. But are they speaking about the same middle class?

A new study says that the most important ticket to the middle class is a secure job.

Pew Research Center says middle class family income and wealth have shrunk.

More upper-middle-class families are borrowing for college so their children can attend high-tuition prestige schools.

The former governor talks about the importance of the middle class in this year's presidential election, and what he thinks Mitt Romney needs to do to improve his standings.

There are some recent findings out that Americans have, well, just too much stuff -- and that a huge number of garages in America can't even fit cars because they are so filled with junk.

Liberal pundit James Carville explains why class matters in this year's presidential election in his new book, ''It's the Middle Class, Stupid!''

Low-income earners lost less ground in recession than college-educated middle class.

As part of our ongoing middle class photo project, we followed up with a listener who told us being middle class means setting a goal and getting there. Tell us what you think it means to be middle class.

Going over listeners' responses to our recent Wealth & Poverty stories on the 'black Beverly Hills' and the middle class.