Is The Middle Class Disappearing?
The Pew Research Center found there are fewer people in the middle class now than there were 1971.

Animal rescues see fewer adoptions, more surrenders due to inflation
Rising economic costs have made it difficult for pet owners to keep animals they adopted during the pandemic, and for rescues to pay for their care.
By Scripps News
Record job switching has contributed to higher inflation
A paper by the Chicago Federal Reserve shows that job switching boosted inflation an extra percentage point as people were able to garner higher pay.
By Storyblocks
US inflation and consumer spending cooled in December
The overall spending figures for the final two months of 2022 were the weakest in two years.
By Gene J. Puskar / APTop Stories

Blinken meets with Netanyahu amid Israeli-Palestinian violence
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel during a "pivotal moment" in Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Ronaldo Schemidt / AP
10 things you didn’t know you could borrow from your local library
Beyond the standard items such as magazines, CDs and DVDs, some public libraries offer an incredible variety of exciting things to take home.
By Ralph Barrera / Austin American-Statesman via AP
Facing rising rents, mobile home park residents are buying their land
In many mobile home parks, residents own the units they live in but still pay rent to a landlord for the land it sits on.
By Scripps News