American Dream

A new poll found presumptive nominees President Biden and former President Donald Trump in a statistical tie for a 2024 rematch, with Biden narrowly ahead.

Politics & Government

Most Americans say criminalizing abortion is wrong — and are divided on deportation

5:00am April 03, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject criminalizing abortion while remain divided on other election-year issues like Biden's 2020 win. Plus: some signs of hope.

Why the American Dream is more attainable in some cities than others

6:30am August 01, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A blockbuster new study reveals a key factor explaining rates of upward mobility.

Richard Reeves, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, argues that the top 20 percent of Americans – those with six-figure incomes and above — dominate the best schools, live in the best-located homes and pass on the best futures to their kids.

Top 20 Percent Of Americans 'Hoard The American Dream'

4:47pm May 31, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard V. Reeves, author of the book Dream Hoarders, which argues that the wealthiest 20 percent of Americans unfairly grab opportunities for themselves and their children.

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Customers at Puzzles Bakery & Café in Schenectady, N.Y. More than half the staff at the café has a developmental disability.

For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

1:50pm January 14, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

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By Returning To Farming's Roots, He Found His American Dream

7:00am December 31, 2016

by Dan Charles

David Fisher's farm is a kind of American Dream. Not the conventional one of upward economic mobility. This is the utopian version, the uncompromising pursuit of a difficult agrarian ideal.

Top row: The Age of Magic by The Mouse Market, Gothic Bath by Samuel C. Miller III, Apartment 6D by Nix Gerber Studio. Bottom row: White House, White Room by J. Ford Huffman, Reverie of the Stars by Mars Tokyo Designs, My Castle and My Keep by Daisy Taint

Arts

When Your Dream House Is A Dollhouse, No Space Is Too Small

5:55pm August 10, 2016

by Gabriel Rosenberg

Two dozen American artists were asked to create their vision of a "dream room," in miniature form. They stuffed a lot into these small boxes: hopes, fears and some really tiny unicorns.