American Social Mobility Ain’t What It Used to Be

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2012 This will hardly be news to many, but The New York Times weighed in Wednesday about the American dream being harder to achieve for those occupying the lower socioeconomic levels of society than either their wealthier contemporaries or their counterparts from past eras. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The American Dream

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 4, 2011 Dig deeper

OWS, The American Dream and You

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2011 Taking a cue from the 99 percenters, some conservatives are hoping to make their own play on demographics by redirecting the national discourse about class struggle and revising the cherished American story of meritocracy for these, our troubled times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Plummeting Prices Deepen Crisis in U.S. Housing Market

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 According to at least some sources, certain sectors of the American economy are showing signs of life, but the housing market sure isn't one of them, especially considering the news expected to surface Tuesday that prices have now dipped below the previous lowest point recorded since this recession kicked in three years ago. The recession's earlier bottom for housing prices occurred in 2009. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Dream Declared Dead

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2011 In case you didn't notice, the American dream is officially dead, and The Onion News Network has the footage to prove it. Watch aghast as one small-business owner runs out of steam after a particularly complacency-inducing session in front of the tube. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Class Warfare

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Mar 22, 2011 Dig deeper

Begging for Crumbs

Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Mar 14, 2011 Dig deeper

Land of Broken Dreams

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Nov 23, 2007 We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society, but as a place where class is mutable -- a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth. But three important new studies suggest that Horatio Alger doesn't live here anymore. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )