A new book from journalist and author Adam Chandler, titled 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life, picks up where Edison’s declaration left off. The American dream ...

A History of America First and the American Dream. “It was about militating against privilege, rather than promising that everyone could be rich.” Adams was no socialist, Churchwell notes ...

America's myth of opportunity has created the unprecedented civic crisis that brought Donald Trump back to power, writes Adam ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's life is a tragic example of both sides of the American Dream - the joys of young love, wealth and success, and the tragedies associated with excess and failure. Named for ...

The study, first released in November 2024 after Donald Trump's election win, has found that nearly 3 out of 4 Americans (75%) believe that homeownership is part of the American dream and 59% of ...

Living the American Dream is an impossibility for an increasing number of middle class people thanks to the soaring cost of ...

While home prices have notably outstripped incomes in many parts of the country, the dream of home (or, in New York, apartment) ownership remains a potent part of the American story. I think there ...

Brooke Scott wants to live her own version of the American dream, and she’s done the math. To get there, she said she needs an income of $300,000 a year. That would allow her to pay a mortgage ...

While numerous explanations have been offered, I believe the most important can be summarized in five words: “Loss of the American Dream.” Many of the reasons given for Trump’s decisive ...

New Jersey’s American Dream megamall is flouting centuries-old Bergen County “blue laws,” which demand most retailers close on Sundays — and it’s becoming a nightmare for local officials.

According to polls, attitude surveys, and observed behavior, the allegedly “entitled” millennial generation turns out to have great values, a big heart, and high hopes. Throughout U.S. history ...