Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place...

"The looming issue of automation is one of the more commonly discussed problems facing the American economy -- but it is not the only one. Big business has done much to accrue wealth for itself, while leaving the people behind. Our education system is inherently unequal, breaking along race and...

"The freedoms established by the Bill of Rights are celebrated as a part of America's national identity. But are they everything? Do freedoms from government persecution offer enough to live the American Dream? In Freedom Is Not Enough, economist Mark Paul considers the history of American...

Die gefühlte Ungerechtigkeit im Land nimmt dramatisch zu. Verstärkt wird der Unmut der breiten Bevölkerung noch durch die aktuelle Finanzkrise. Doch der Wunsch nach Gleichheit im Zeitlater der Individualisierung ist nicht nur illusorisch. Er ist auch gefährlich, denn unsere Demokratie muss...