Every year around Christmas and Chanukah time, writers, commentators, pundits and many rabbis, priests and ministers exhort Americans against spending money on things. We are too materialistic, we are ...

As part of the series, "The New Middle," All Things Considered is asking listeners to tell us what material things are part of a middle class lifestyle in America today using the hashtag #TheNewMiddle ...

If you've been spending some of your pandemic downtime attempting to declutter your life and have found yourself struggling to let go of certain items of no discernable value or use, Jeff Greenwald ...

Even before recent obstacles like shortages and a rise in inflation, research has shown that more and more Americans desire to adopt minimalism and declutter. The Little Way of Living With Less, ...

Parents who can’t throw anything away usually aren’t hoarders, they’re protecting these kinds of memories. Whether it’s a ...

George Richard’s life is like an open book. She was born in Broussard. “This is my marriage license with father Teurlings. This is my mommy and daddy’s. We were married by the same priest,” she said ...

During his first Angelus address of the month, Pope Francis asked his listeners on Sunday to seek the path of charity, “which keeps nothing for itself but shares everything.” “Material things do not ...

Madonna’s “Material Girl” is a very 1980s song and so is the classic rock song that outperformed it. Madonna said she enjoys material things while acknowledging their impermanence. She once told Oprah ...

Alongside the virtue of charity, Pope Francis said gratitude and generosity are essential qualities that enable a Christian to grow in the love of God and others. Pope Francis waves to pilgrims ...