Behold the Dreamers (Common Text 2018-2019)

The New York Times, December 8, 2016. The phrase “American dream” was invented during the Great Depression. It comes from a popular 1931 book by the historian James Truslow Adams, who defined it as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.”
In the decades that followed, the dream became a reality. Thanks to rapid, widely shared economic growth, nearly all children grew up to achieve the most basic definition of a better life — earning more money and enjoying higher living standards than their parents had.

Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, January 1, 2017. Interest in institutional racism, White privilege, and microaggressions appears to be growing. We are living in times when the impact of race and racism are debated--when even the existence of racism is debated along with the appropriateness of examining the worst parts of U.S. history. This special-issue invited article includes a brief examination of historical information and current context in which racism and microaggressions exist, leading to their connections to Color-Blind Racial Attitudes (CoBRAs). Reviewed research on CoBRAs addresses teacher training, educational practices, experiences on college campuses, and organizational management.

The Economist, September 7, 2013. The effects of the financial crisis were still being felt, five years after. This article, the first of a series of five on the lessons of the upheaval, looks at its causes

Teen Ink, October 2016. The article discusses the immigration which has been a controversial issue in the U.S. with topics including the immigrants that make the U.S. citizens unemployed, the American dream of making both sides acquire equal opportunities and the continuing contribution of immigrants in the U.S. economy.

Library Journal. April 1, 2018. Income inequality continues to be a global problem, but perhaps nowhere is it more glaringly obvious than in the United States, which has the most unequal concentrations of wealth of [...]

The Washington Post, May 9, 2018: Description of Niko J. Kallianiotis's new book "America in a Trance" which is a photographic exploration of a once prosperous area that is now in decline.

New Republic, October 1, 2017. The article offers information on The Arena, a social welfare organization developed by Ravi Gupta to recruit, train, and support first-time candidates for political office. Topics discussed include impact of decision of U.S. president Donald Trump to deport the immigrants on immigrant students; pragmatic approach has been adopted by the organization to run candidates in red and blue districts across the country; and candidates to mold their campaigns to their individual constituencies.

The Atlantic, September 23, 2015. Portraits of a nation in search of a better life.