In her new book “Bad Company,” journalist Megan Greenwell chronicles how private equity upended industries from health care ...

According to a new report from the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics, conceptions of the American dream have changed, making the concept less American and less of a dream. The survey of 1,568 ...

The American Dream is alive and well for most, but the younger generation and less educated do not share such optimism, according to a new poll conducted by NORC – University of Chicago.

An ABC News/Ipsos poll finds only 27% of Americans say the dream still holds. In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true ...

Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. What is the American Dream? It is a complicated question, but a new survey from the Archbridge Institute sheds some light on how ...

A Pew Research Center study shows a majority of Americans still believe the ideal is achievable, but others say the dream is ...

Immigrants who journey to the United States for a better life often say they are coming in search of the American dream. But many people in the U.S. — immigrants and natural-born citizens alike ...

Americans are souring on the American Dream­ – young Americans are leading this change. Their attitudes toward the Dream have rapidly declined in just the past few years. This is a problem that ...

THE AMERICAN DREAM — often idealized by the house and white picket fence — has been debated, pondered and relentlessly pursued by those who have lived in the United States for generations ...

“The American dream” is a century-old phrase used to describe the idea that anyone can achieve success in the United States through hard work and determination. Today, about half of Americans (53%) ...

About half of Americans still think the American Dream — the idea that anyone can get ahead through hard work and determination — is achievable, according to findings released Tuesday by Pew ...