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A particular vision of the American dream has shaped elections for decades. What happens when people stop believing in it?
Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.P. is growing. Why do so many voters feel left behind? The president has a theory.
Long a ticket to the middle class, especially for African-Americans, they have become increasingly difficult to find.
A central Massachusetts city enabled the author’s ancestors to move into the good life of the middle class. That move is more complicated now.
Money worries and striving were part of the mainstream sitcom. Now most characters exist in a classless world.
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