There are still too many issues we need to work on, from educational attainment to the cost of living to health and housing disparities.

The study controlled for factors such as education attainment, race, income, marital status, and shared family background to provide a snapshot of how US homeownership affected life expectancy in the twentieth century.

Historical policies shaping educational attainment have enduring benefits for later life memory and risk of dementia, according to a study led by a Rutgers Health researcher.

And with an overall lower educational attainment compared with white people, they have lower long-term earning power.

Indeed, being middle class may be as much about setting goals and working to achieve them as it is about their attainment.