From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

Sources indicate that the IDF is under instructions from the cabinet to wait and see what Hezbollah will do next before making a major move. Information ...

“Americans want policies that give every American a chance to make it to the middle class.” ¶ Middletown ¶ “A leader who understands the middle class because she grew up in the middle ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

Everyone's talking about saving America's middle class. But just who exactly falls into this group? That's actually a much more difficult question to answer than it seems. While some experts ...

A new glimpse into how middle-class people in the U.S. think about retirement is revealing some startling views about how long they expect to live and to work. About half of middle-income ...

For this calculator, we define middle class as two-thirds to two times median income for the county. In counties where two-thirds of median income would fall close to the poverty line, we set the ...

Students at Challenger Middle School (CMS) hopped aboard a time machine on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to visit the 1600s during their ...

Americans need to earn $82,630 to be considered middle class in the most expensive state, a study found, with a map showing ...

Challenger Middle School challenged their students to take a trip back to the past during their Annual Colonial Recruitment ...

Canada is the latest country to suspend some weapons exports, amid scrutiny over military aid to Israel as the war in Gaza nears the one-year mark. China’s divorce rate soars. Cue the high ...