Get out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a lot easier said than done. The middle class is under enormous pressure. But families can stop the bleeding by reducing their reliance on debt wherever they can. They can also start fighting back by taking a hard look at whom they do business with and rethinking whether they want tricks-and-traps banks to hold their money. They can also demand that public officials take the side of families over the side of banks.

Donald Trump is a person who is an insecure money-grubber who cares about nothing but himself.

It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.

We're going to make sure that the people who run for office and get elected are the ones who are going to work for the American people.

I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Adjusted for inflation, somebody going to college today to a state university, is paying about 300 percent of what her mom or dad did just 30 years ago.