An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link For the children and grandchildren of people who were old enough to see the beginning of the modern suburbs — Generation X, the ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: So, next to the U.S. suburbs, where many white Americans, including our next guest, grew up. Once it was the quintessential image of American life.

The author traces the rise and fall of American suburbia from the stately railroad suburbs of the early 19th and 20th centuries to current-day sprawling exurbs where residents spend as much as four ...

One Sunday morning in March 1949, a group of nearly 300 people, clutching deck chairs and sleeping bags, lined up to buy new homes in what had, until recently, been a stretch of potato fields in ...

White picket fences. Green, manicured lawns. Children on bicycles. The “American Dream” conjures images of a suburban ideal and elicits hope and optimism, especially for immigrants and for those ...

An aerial view of housing and buildings circa January, 1982, in San Pedro, Calif. Credit - Bill Nation—Sygma via Getty Images The second night of the Republican National Convention had the theme of ...

Woman serving cupcakes to excited children (6, 4 and 7 years) at July 4th cookout. Focus on boy in middle. What is the American Dream? It is a complicated question, but a new survey from the ...

The American Dream has always been a cornerstone of the nation’s identity, a promise that hard work and perseverance can lead to success and prosperity. As both a mirror and molder of culture, ...

Benjamin Herold discusses his new book "Disillusioned." Once the home of the American dream, suburban neighborhoods now reveal a systemic racial disparity, with new Black and Brown residents ...