middle class

A family with a shared annual income of $235k in Gnu's Merchants Heights district observes Sunday dinner protocol as the father prepares to carve, having exhausted the poultry portion of their weekly protein allocation.

Middle-Class Households Now Source Protein From Cockroaches, Less Capable Rats, and Each Other, Bureau Finds

Commonwealth Bureau of Household Nutrition calls results 'a balanced plate'; Rat Coalition stresses that none of the consumed rats were members

By Claire Beaulieu · Oct 24, 2026

The cover of Brent Fallows's new book features a single ladder rising into an empty blue sky. The bottom rungs are not shown.

Reviews

Book Review: 'Who Moved My Career, Labor Rights, Honest Wage, and Delusions of Upward Social Mobility?'

A management consultant argues that the collapse of the American worker's prospects is, at its root, a mindset problem

By Constance Bellweather · Mar 4, 2026

A bronze plaque reading 'In This Location, Commerce Once Occurred' stands near the corner of Pacific Avenue and Sixth Street on Wednesday.

Obituaries

Capitalism, 250, Dies After Decades-Long Battle With Neoliberal Policy

Survived by shareholder value, a 7-tier agility lattice, and approximately 400 lobbyists

By Margaret Huang · Mar 8, 2026

News

Study Finds Centrist Punditry Effective at Eliminating Patient Belief in Systemic Change

Peer-reviewed research identifies 'ambient reasonableness exposure' as leading treatment for delusions of quality of life, equality, and meaningful existence; Desmond Fairley cited 14 times

By Claire Beaulieu · May 18, 2026

A stock image of a man in athletic wear staring at a sunrise, available royalty-free from a vendor whose terms of service contain fourteen pages of arbitration clauses.

Business

Billionaires Do These 5 Things Every Day, Meaning These 5 Things Done Every Day Guarantee Wealth

A TNNN Business Desk investigation reveals the daily habits separating the demi-wealthy from the merely disciplined

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 7, 2026

A Commonwealth DMV clerk sits idle before an orderly queue of empty shoes stretching into fluorescent-lit distance, each pair positioned before a molded plastic chair bearing abandoned jackets and purses.

Local

Census Finds New Newmanton Population Has Fallen to 237; Officials Note Remaining Residents Are 'Exceptionally Well-Documented'

New enumeration process requires $1,140 fee and full surrender of personal data; per-capita federal funding adjusted accordingly

By Margaret Huang · Oct 9, 2026

Local

School Board Approves Both Competing History Curricula in Unprecedented 'Dual Track' Compromise

Students will learn one of two incompatible versions of local history depending on classroom assignment. Testing accommodations forthcoming.

By James Okonkwo · Mar 4, 2026

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