What is the state of the middle class in America? The middle class possesses luxuries, job security, and little credit card debt / Clive Crook ; The middle class is in debt / Brian Purnell ; The middle class is not saving / Christian E. Weller ; The middle class has lost its work ethic / David Brooks ; The middle class is losing health insurance coverage / Mary Agnes Carey and Rebecca Adams ; The middle class is an illusion to keep workers from rising up / Pat Barile ; Upward mobility is becoming a myth in America / Paul Krugman

How do middle-class values impact society? Middle-class consumerism is out of control / Rodney Smith ; Middle-class consumerism is not out of control / Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi ; Gentrification improves American cities / Stephen Zacks ; Gentrification threatens to displace low-income city residents / Kathe Newman and Elvin Wyly ; Teaching middle-class values leads to success / Naomi Schaefer Riley ; Teaching middle-class values is a euphemism for teaching whiteness / Lisa Arrastía

What is the status of minorities in America's middle class? The Hispanic middle class is growing / Joel Russell ; Government policy reform is necessary for the Hispanic middle class to grow / Jennifer Wheary ; The demographics of middle-class blacks are changing / Kris Marsh et al. ; Blacks are at risk of falling out of the middle class / Maya Payne Smart ; Poor parenting is keeping many black children out of the middle class / Kay S. Hymowitz

Is the American middle class in decline? The middle class is worse off than in past decades / Tom Eblen ; The middle class is better off then in past decades / Steve Chapman ; Big business and big government are devastating the middle class / Lou Dobbs ; Globalization is devastating the middle class / Gabor Steingart ; Unions can restore the middle class / Robert B. Reich ; The middle class deserves a tax break / Barack Obama ; Obama's tax break proposal is wrongheaded / Newt Gingrich and Peter Ferrara.