In a recent opinion piece for USA Today, DUSP Professor Amy Glasmeier challenges outdated definitions of the American middle class, arguing that rising costs for essentials like housing, food, healthcare, and education have fundamentally changed what economic security looks like. Her piece calls for a more realistic, needs-based understanding of middle-class life; one that better reflects the financial realities facing millions of households today.
Click to read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/05/middle-class-inflation-food-healthcare/90275499007/
