Income Inequality & Social Mobility

A man walks a dog past a row of vacant houses on Crandall Street, a street that became a hub for narcotics activity according to local media and police, in Binghamton, New York, U.S., April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC166673BE20

Congress in 2019: The challenge of left-behind places

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Governors Kasich and Hickenlooper talk with Brookings Senior Fellow Richard Reeves at the launch event for Isabel Sawhill's book, The Forgotten Americans, on October 10, 2018.

Top ten 2018 reads on the Future of the Middle Class

Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot

Friday, December 28, 2018

A worker walks past second-hand robots in a factory in Shanghai, August 21, 2015. More than a hundred second-hand robots used to make Audi A3s at a German car factory are going through refurbishment at a Wecan Group factory in Shanghai. Picture taken August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - GF10000184124

The robots are coming. Let’s help the middle class get ready.

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Homeowner Gary Gless leans over his balcony, as drilling wells are seen in the background, in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2013. The United States has a long history of keeping industrial activity out of middle and upper-middle-class residential neighborhoods. But that is starting to change with the spread of new technology for oil and gas drilling, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Freeport-McMoRan, part of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, said that, for the past three years, its surveys of the oilfield and surrounding communities have found no connection between its activities and "localized claims of property damage." It said it would continue to evaluate the issue. Picture taken December 11, 2013. To match Analysis FRACKING-HOMEOWNERS/ REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ENERGY) - GM1E9CC1QBF01

Middle class incomes have slumped, stagnated or grown, depending on the measure

Richard V. Reeves

Friday, December 7, 2018

Hewlett-Packard ProLiant commercial data servers destined for cloud computing are assembled by workers at a company manufacturing facility in Houston November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - TM4E9BJ1OPO01

How the Great Recession hurt the middle class—twice

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

A customer opens his wallet at a Macy's cash register on Black Friday in New York November 26, 2010. Early-bird bargain-hunters scooped up "Black Friday" deals on everything from TVs to toys across the United States, but many said discounts were not as deep as those offered last year. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E6BQ1QRT01

Restoring middle-class incomes: redistribution won’t do

Richard V. Reeves

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Women walk past tomatoes displayed for sale in baskets along the kano-Zaria road in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye. - RC1B78CDB380

How gender determines intergenerational mobility in Africa

Théophile T. Azomahou

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

A tourist gazes up towards the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 25, 2010. On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union speech in the House Chamber of the Capitol. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E61Q0DZO01

Four deficit-neutral policy ideas for the middle class

Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot

Monday, November 5, 2018

A voter casts his ballot behind a ballot booth during the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in the Staten Island Borough of New York, U.S. on November 6, 2012. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/File Photo - TM3EC7H11OV01

A story from this American Indian reservation has important lessons for America’s young voter turnout problem

Thursday, October 25, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S., October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1F026013D0

The middle class needs a tax cut: Trump didn’t give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, October 16, 2018