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Director Joe Burke and longtime collaborator Oliver Cooper make microbudget indies. Their new one, 'Burt,' doesn't have a ...
Like millions of Americans, MaNesha Stiff is anxious about the future of her student loans. She has about $200,000 in debt and though she’s managing it for now — she hasn’t been asked to ...
F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel chronicled the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire grasping at The American Dream — the pursuit of wealth and status. Born to poor farmers in North Dakota, ...
I was not surprised. I have written about this fraud by those who are chasing the great American dream in my book “America – An Area of Light” (1993). It is not the kind of dream that the civil rights ...
As sweeping US tariffs reshape global trade, their ripple effects are dismantling the American Dream for international students. With rising costs, vanishing job prospects, and a broken promise of ...
Painter Amy Sherald had a retrospective open this week at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2018, she painted Michelle Obama's portrait, seated in a flowy, white poplin dress, resting her ...
This piece in particular speaks to a central pillar of Sherald’s work: the investigation of Black subjects in the context of American realism ... A Midsummer Afternoon Dream, 2020.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that despite the success of Wall Street in recent years, the Trump administration believes it is Main Street’s turn to lead the economy. Bessent said the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Dream of owning a home is alive, but housing affordability is still a crisis that needs our attention. “I think the American Dream is definitely still alive and well, but ...
For many skilled immigrants, the H-1B visa is the gateway to the US. But with Trump's immigration stance, their future is uncertain. Why are his new tech allies pushing for more H-1Bs but not ...
North Carolina singer Brooke Renshaw's journey on "American Idol" has ended ... "Making it to the top 42 feels like a dream and I couldn’t feel more grateful to be a part of this experience." "I ...