91 million Americans aren't looking for jobs

The unemployment rate isn't always the best measure of the job market, because it only includes people who have actively searched for work within the last four weeks. Many Americans just aren't looking for jobs.

In fact, about 91 million adult Americans don't work, and aren't looking for jobs. They make up 37% of the population -- the highest level on record since 1978.

Yes, some of them are workers who've been MORE

Best way to contact your Obamacare insurer? Twitter!

Tired of listening to endless hold music while waiting to talk to your Obamacare insurer? Try tweeting it.

Frustrated consumers have taken to social media to contact or complain about their Obamacare insurers. Many have questions or are encountering problems with their new benefits, but can't reach their insurer to resolve the matter.

On hold w/ @AnthemPR_CA for over an hour. Transferred back into phone tree 4x now. May light my hair MORE

America's disappearing middle class

Fewer and fewer people are feeling middle class these days.

The share of Americans who describe themselves as middle class has taken a tumble, while the percentage who identify as lower class has soared over the past six years, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center/USA Today. The share of Americans who consider themselves upper class has also shrunk.

This downward shift is likely due to falling wages and MORE

African-Americans squeezed out of the housing market

More African-Americans are being squeezed out of the housing market.

Not only are they less likely to apply for a mortgage than any other ethnic group, but African-Americans are also 2.4 times more likely to get denied a mortgage than Whites, a recent study conducted by Zillow and the National Urban League found.

As a result, far fewer African-Americans have achieved the American dream of homeownership.

And those who own homes were hit MORE

Wealth: A few control almost all of it

The richest people in the world are very, very rich.

The fat cats at the top control nearly all the world's wealth, according a report from Oxfam, an anti-poverty group.

The bottom two-thirds, meanwhile, own just a tiny sliver.

Oxfam released the report ahead of the World Economic Forum, which called widening income inequality one of the greatest worldwide risks in the next 12 to 18 months.

Pope Francis called on global leaders gathering MORE