A New York Times poll found 80 percent of Americans still believe it's possible to pull yourself up by the proverbial bootstraps. But a recent mobility study suggests the American Dream may be more ...

The Center for American Progress is out with a new bit of research showing that in parts of the country that are more heavily middle class, there also tends to be more upward mobility for the poor. In ...

For generations of African Americans, race has played a key role in determining class. But does it still? To help answer that question and take a closer look at class mobility in America's communities ...

When it comes to class mobility, geography is destiny, or at least a large part of it, according to a new study of earnings records. It’s much easier to climb the income ladder in certain cities—New ...

I came from a home where nobody I knew went to university. Neither of my brothers got A-levels, and I didn't get a degree till I was 30. I am now part of a home where all my children will go there ...

AMERICANS are deeply divided as to whether widening inequality is a problem, let alone what the government should do about it. Some are appalled that Bill Gates has so much money; others say good luck ...