On AlterNet: american dream

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5 Republican Lies About Income Inequality

David Morris, On the Commons. January 24, 2012.

The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false.

Children of Immigrant Entrepreneurs Find the American Dream

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. December 1, 2011.

Not only did the young adults interviewed excel in school and in their careers, but they also chose careers that allow them to give back to the community.

Don't Sit on the Sidelines -- This Saturday, Be Part of the Uprising Sweeping the Country from Wisconsin to Your Home Town

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

A huge coalition of progressive groups have organized rallies across the country to stand up against harsh budget cuts and tax cheats, and protect the middle class.

Has the American Dream Become Our Nightmare?

Mary Sykes Wylie, Psychotherapy Networker. July 3, 2010.

The time is ripe for us to rethink some of our deepest beliefs about the way this country should work, and how we should live our lives.

A Vietnamese Journey Toward the American Dream

Andrew Lam, New America Media. November 24, 2008.

A cliché to native-borns, the American dream nevertheless seduces the traditionally sedentary Vietnamese to travel halfway around the world.

The Age of Unbridled Consumption Just Ended

Lisa Wise, DELETED. October 3, 2008.

The economic crisis, however painful, will lead to at least one positive outcome.

The U.S. Economy Is Socialism for the Rich

Michael Leon Guerrero, Movement Vision Lab. July 24, 2008.

Free market capitalism in the United States is by no means "free." It's time we recognize this and move past the destructive neoliberal agenda.

George Carlin, American Radical

John Nichols, TheNation.com. June 23, 2008.

No one, not Obama, not Hillary Clinton and certainly not John McCain, caught the zeitgeist of the vanishing American dream so well as Carlin.

The American Dream, or a Nightmare for Black America?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 17, 2007.

Forty years after the Civil Rights Era, African-Americans are falling further behind whites economically.

The American Dream Is Alive and Well ... in Finland!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 11, 2007.

It's harder to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?

Americans Don't Believe in the American Dream

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 12, 2007.

More and more working Americans are realizing that the game is rigged against them.

Living the American Dream ... in a One-Bedroom Apartment

Andrew Lam, New America Media. February 7, 2007.

The middle class is clinging to its precious status by contending with far smaller living spaces than those of previous generations.

Tough Luck, Americans: The American Dream of Upward Mobility Is Dead

Steven D, December 31, 1969.

Assault on Workers Spreads to 17 States; 20K Expected for Saturday American Dream Rallies; WI State Cops Camp Out to Stop Crack-Down

Joshua Holland, December 31, 1969.