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California

Is California Over?

Why the Golden State is losing people, business, and a congressional seat

Regan Taylor and Nick Gillespie | 6.7.2021 1:50 PM

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Michael Strain Wants You To Believe in the American Dream  

The economy is broadly healthy and that it's benefiting nearly everyone—including the lower-income households who need it most.

Peter Suderman | 4.28.2020 6:00 AM

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American Dream

How the American Dream Became Unaffordable

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.19.2020 6:00 AM

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Future

Is the American Dream Dead?

When Americans feel like the future will be worse than the past, reactionary and socialist ideologies ascend.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.6.2020 6:00 AM

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Ethnic diversity

The Autobiography of an Ex-Black Man: Thomas Chatterton Williams

The new memoir Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race is a powerful personal statement and national call to arms.

Nick Gillespie | 12.18.2019 1:35 PM

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Volokh Conspiracy

Forty Years in America

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Somin family's arrival in America.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2019 1:24 PM

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Donald Trump

Report from 'Alienated America': Podcast

For his new book, Timothy Carney toured parts of the country that are working and parts that are not. What he found is deeply disturbing.

Nick Gillespie | 2.15.2019 3:45 PM

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Donald Trump, Joel Osteen, and the Evangelical "Money Cult"

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 7.13.2016 11:00 AM

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Income mobility

Federal Programs Keep People Poor

We can't tax our way to greater income mobility

Veronique de Rugy | 5.14.2016 6:00 AM

Politics

A Hit Song That Will Make You Equally Ashamed to Be American and Canadian

Nick Gillespie | 7.5.2014 11:07 AM

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Culture

Regulating Away the American Dream

Government mostly hinders us, and then brags that it is waiting to take charge when we fail.

John Stossel | 4.30.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia on the Latest Restrictionist Myth About Latino Losers

Reason Staff | 3.11.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Facebook's Zuckerberg To Promote Immigration Reform With Hackathon, Other Events

Zenon Evans | 10.22.2013 4:45 PM

Politics

Daddy, Why Don't We Have an American Flag?

J.D. Tuccille | 7.5.2013 9:01 PM

Politics

Founders Would Be Ashamed of Modern U.S., Americans Believe

That's a fair bet

Reason Staff | 7.5.2013 7:30 PM

Politics

Remove Government Barriers to Equal Opportunity

Emily Ekins | 2.8.2013 5:49 PM

Politics

Despite the Presidential Campaign Season, Americans Still Believe US is a Land of Opportunity

Emily Ekins | 11.2.2012 5:02 PM

Politics

Despite the Presidential Campaign Season, Americans Still Believe US is a Land of Opportunity

Emily Ekins | 11.2.2012 5:01 PM

Policy

Middle Class Feels Muddled

Net worth and standard of living are slipping away, says Pew

Reason Staff | 8.22.2012 9:40 PM

Politics

You Have an 85 Percent Chance of Being Poor

But don't worry, you also have a 77 percent chance of being affluent

Ronald Bailey | 7.3.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

American Dream Dies! Again! Or Maybe Not

J.D. Tuccille | 4.20.2012 4:05 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney's Tea Party CPAC Speech

Emily Ekins | 2.10.2012 3:31 PM

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