Emily Swanson

Associated Press

Many Feel Vulnerable Despite Gains

A decade-long economic expansion has slashed unemployment, revived housing and boosted household wealth, but some groups remain financially insecure.

In this image provided by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. A new poll shows most Americans prefer focusing on potential asteroid impacts over a return to the moon. The survey by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was released Thursday, June 20, one month before the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Aldrin’s momentous lunar landing.

Tracking Asteroids Favored for Space Program

Most Americans have other priorities for NASA beyond sending astronauts to the Moon or Mars.

In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. A college degree has long been a ticket to the U.S. middle class. Yet a new survey shows that college graduates aren’t as likely as they once were to feel they belong to the middle class.

College Grads Falling Short of Middle Class

35% of college graduates described themselves as working or lower class, up from just 20% who felt that way in 1983.