UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I think most people hate to think of themselves as middle-class. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Have what you need, but maybe not everything you want. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: We have a car ...

Woman serving cupcakes to excited children (6, 4 and 7 years) at July 4th cookout. Focus on boy in middle. What is the American Dream? It is a complicated question, but a new survey from the ...

Growing up, Paige Friscioni heard about the "American dream": go to college, work hard, buy a house and have kids and a dog and live until you retire comfortably. But as Friscioni has gotten older, ...

Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that of the American Dream. With the 250th birthday of the United States coming up in July 2026, it’s worth stepping back to examine a concept ...