People see it as a rare moment of honesty.

To recognize the country's 250th year, CNBC Make It spoke to Robert Reich, Vivian Tu and other notable voices in politics, ...

As the country faces unprecedented affordability crises, rising mental and physical health issues, and a polarizing political climate, a new documentary seeks to discover whether the American Dream ...

"Amerigo: The Search for the American Dream" follows entrepreneur and Emmy Award-winning producer David McCourt as he travels ...

Don't listen to the pessimists. The American Dream is thriving in places you might not expect—you just need to know where to ...

The midterms are looming. We asked people in New York City’s suburbs how they feel about the state of America.

Sixteen years ago, Abdi Nor Iftin was a Somali refugee living in one of the roughest slums in Kenya when he found out he had won the lottery of a lifetime. Out of nearly eight million applicants in ...

Gonzalo Schwarz is the president and chief executive of the Archbridge Institute. As America turns 250 years old, many people say the American Dream is at risk. Last month, an Associated Press-NORC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dream Maker Station Route 66 on Route 66 in Adrian, Texas (Heather Diehl) Does it mean getting rich? Owning a house with a ...

What, exactly, is “the American dream”? When historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase in 1931, he was aiming to sum up a sentiment he felt among his countrymen. Defining it as the “dream of a ...

Every generation faces economic and social "shocks," as David Blanchflower describes era-defining crises like the Great Recession, 9/11 and the Vietnam War. But no generation in the U.S. since the ...