Sentences with phrase «american middle class»

About half of the public (52 %) says it is important to own a home in order to be considered part of the American middle class.

While only 9 percent of all homeowners are Hispanic, nearly 15 percent of the Millennials buying homes are Hispanic — reflecting the changing demographics of the American middle class.

In this study, which examines the changing size, demographic composition and economic fortunes of the American middle class, «middle - income» Americans are defined as adults whose annual household income is two - thirds to double the national median, about $ 42,000 to $ 126,000 annually in 2014 dollars for a household of three.3 Under this definition, the middle class made up 50 % of the U.S. adult population in 2015, down from 61 % in 1971.

The American middle class is losing its hold on the reins of the U.S. economy, not only because of the drop in incomes and net wealth, but also because the commercial real estate industry is catering to the luxury and working class consumers...

The company provided liquidity for FHA mortgages and for U.S. Veterans Affairs» zero - down payment mortgages for returning World War II soldiers, which helped fuel the growth of the American middle class.

This report provides a snapshot of the American middle class and those struggling to become a part of it.

A rising African — American middle class rapidly changed the population mix of the city after this point and, in the 21st century, the city has developed a strong Hispanic as well as African - American population.

Likewise, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky criticized the plan, calling it a «dagger in the heart of the American middle class» that would raise energy prices and decrease reliability.

Over the last 40 years, what's happened to the American middle class economically has been CATASTROPHIC.

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) called the announcement «a dagger in the heart of the American middle class»; House Speaker John Boehner (R - OH) called it «a sucker punch for families everywhere.»

It would be highly beneficial, in my opinion, to reverse the destructive decline of the American middle class.

But it could demonstrate leadership, both to the American middle class and the international community preparing for talks aimed at forging a global climate agreement at the end of the year in Paris.

From Fifth Avenue to Sunset Boulevard, from Cape Kennedy to the Texas State Fair, he made the American middle class the primary subject of his pictures.

Also included in Draped Down are two photographs by James Van Der Zee, the iconic portrait photographer of the Harlem Renaissance who was largely responsible for visualizing the emergent African American middle class of the»20s and»30s to the rest of the world.

Holoweski works in a wide range of mediums — painting, sculpture, stop - motion animation — to make haunting work about the promises and failures of the American middle class.

Ultimately, DeSana produced an extensive oeuvre that not only encompassed the complex emotional registers of sexuality and the joys and uncertainties of an underground world, but also the outward appearance of the American middle class.

Kelley was a miner of his own psyche enacting Freud's theories of repression in the detritus of the American middle class.

Mining the familiar visual culture of the American middle class, he neither lampoons nor elevates his subject matter, instead enacting a subtle cultural leveling.

«It's hard to believe that forty years ago this was a major American city, a shining example of the American Middle Class, and a prosperous epicentre of industry and creativity; namely, automobile manufacturing and Motown, the legendary record company.»

This practice is not only unfair to the American middle class, but is also demonstrably harmful to both individual companies and the American economy as a whole.

It's now th American Middle a Class Nightmare!

These days, the American middle class is spending billions of dollars on renting, not buying,... more

For an average American middle class head of the house hold, what could be the benefit of subscribing to credit cards which charge an annual fee?

In an earlier blog I hint at the volume of research that I had to do to flesh out my understanding of it, as well as the disparate sources I had to consult to get a clear picture of the true cause of the cataclysm that is still causing aftershocks today, and has gutted a large chunk of the American middle class.

Even better, she uses the Tapes» unusual experiences as early members of the Chinese - American middle class to illuminate the experiences of all Chinese immigrants in the troubled era of the Exclusion Act.

Today, the American middle class is being priced out of new cars, especially SUVs.

There are of course many reasons but a key, though often overlooked, piece of the explanation is the decline of the American middle class.

Examining test scores in all 50 states, David Madland and Nick Bunker find that a stronger American middle class is associated with higher levels of academic achievement.

As a result, the views of the American middle class now hold less political weight than they used to.

In addition to wringing pointed, biting laughs, this scene also concisely pints up a real issue: the Harvard - educated Pierre wants to create respectable series spotlighting the oft - ignored African - American middle class (think The Cosby Show) while Dunwitty wants to see the slang - and slapstick - heavy sitcoms that are the predominant television showcase for blacks (think Homeboys in Outer Space).

Dark Skies is actually a horror movie in which a typical American middle class family is terrorized by a bunch of «grey» aliens, intent on kidnapping a member of their family.

Detroit is the cradle of Ford, Motown and of the American middle class.

The utter weirdness of Alex Cox's remarkable debut — a document of L.A.'s hardcore punk scene that's also an ode to its car culture, a critique of the American middle class, and a kind - of sci - fi comedy about a radioactive Chevy Malibu — would seem to preclude its existence.

It is superbly executed and, for all its pitilessness, it's an intelligent dramatization of the impact that consumerist values have had on the psyche of the North American middle class at the end of the 20th century.

Together, they can restore New York City public education as the path into the American middle class.

That these psychopaths who wanted to wage war on the American Middle Class, have lost because they can't control the message anymore.

Do you support a progressive tax code like the one in place during the Eisenhower years — one of the most prosperous times in our nations history — and a time when the American middle class grew and prospered?

Do you want to protect the American middle class and American jobs?

President Donald Trump took pointed swipes at Democrats and the media while offering a robust defense of his record, proclaiming at a campaign - style rally in Pennsylvania that he has delivered «100 days of action» that are helping to revive the fortunes of the American middle class.

We need U.S. Senators, members of Congress and state legislators who have the guts to take on the big money interests whose greed is destroying the American middle class.

On the other hand, the growing African - American middle class has both the means to play tennis and access to top facilities.

The American middle class are slaves to the super-rich ever since Americans started scorning the Old Testament.

The once great American middle class is now being dissolved by economic, moral, and spiritual forces our leadership class won't — or can't — address.

It just happens that the American middle class has changed.

This, Robert Bella argues in his book, Habits of The Heart — a study of the central values of the American middle class — along with criminal justice is the central meaning of justice in the states.

Instead we are feed nonsense where these fringe groups are given greater voice in the media then the great American middle class who do not suffer from delusions or mass insanity.

There are never articles on what the real American middle class things, desires, or has ambitions for.

Supposedly the People's Republic, but obviously an oligarchy and we have business practice that basically would rather share wealth and power with Communist China than with the American middle class.

If Obama weren't good for the American Middle Class they wouldn't be spending 100 $ of Million $ of Dollar $ to distort his record, discredit him and defeat him!

How do we live comfortably — by which I mean no more than enjoying a lifestyle typical of the American middle class, which compared to most of the world is very comfortable indeed — and also take seriously the needs of our neighbors?