The American dream defines a land where "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each, ...

Their parents may have moved to the U.S. in pursuit of the American dream, but some first-generation ... one and often comes with a combination of exhaustion, isolation, courage and a healthy ...

Is the American dream on life support? That’s the perennial claim of “declinists,” who are convinced that the American spirit of opportunity is at death’s door. That claim was recently ...

For many Gen Z adults, the American Dream feels out of reach. With soaring costs and stagnant wages, some say they’d need ...

The 20th-century idea of an “American Dream” – where a sizable majority of people in the US could become or aspire to become middle-class, affluent or even extremely wealthy – is mostly ...

Do we even want them to be on a fast track to the American Dream?” The couple were also frustrated with living what they describe as the “standard American life.” “Long commutes and never ...

Scott Fitzgerald's life is a tragic example of both sides of the American Dream - the joys of young ... diagnosed as "nervous exhaustion", in 1930. Zelda was eventually diagnosed with ...

From tinier homes to fewer vacations, America's aspirations are getting smaller by the day The American dream — like a beloved pair of pants you left in the dryer too long — is shrinking.