A new study examines how comfortable and attuned people are when talking with others, depending on their socioeconomic status ...

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be ...

Diversity is a familiar topic in many college psychology classes. Race, gender, sexual orientation, LGBTQ issues, ethnicity, and disability fall under the heading of diversity. Yet one topic, social ...

Understanding the effects of social class on people's attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors could have valuable implications, as it could help to tailor social and behavioral interventions ...

You could call it class warfare, except the warfare is on the very idea of class. For generations now, various prominent scholars have decided we’d be better off abolishing it. Back in 1939, the ...

People of a higher social class think they are better than others, even when they're not. That's according to the authors of a new study. Researchers set out to answer whether men and women of a ...

A characteristic of the hegemonic political and media culture of the United States is the near invisibility of social class as a major determinant of power. Race and gender have finally started to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. In America, we’d like to believe that there is no such thing as ...

Marriage is fast becoming a status symbol. In 2018, fewer people in the U.S. are getting married, but those who do are more likely to be economically privileged. A 2017 research brief found that 56% ...

In the 1970s, Pan Am promised it would be "America's airline to the world," whisking travelers away to exotic and glamorous destinations across the globe. Now, Pan Am is no more—and the dream of ...

Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle's ...

Diversity is a familiar topic in many college psychology classes. Race, gender, sexual orientation, LGBTQ issues, ethnicity, and disability fall under the heading of diversity. Yet one topic, social ...