Today’s middle-class American families are working longer, managing new kinds of stress and shouldering greater financial risks than previous generations did. For many, the line between a stable life and a fragile one is getting thinner.

Today’s middle-class American families are working longer, managing new kinds of stress and shouldering greater financial risks than previous generations did. For many, the line between a stable life and a fragile one is getting thinner.

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 1, 2019