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Feature: The New American Dream Is to Keep Dreaming
There was a time when the American Dream was presented as a simple equation. Work hard, pursue an education, build your skills, and treat people with integrity, and opportunity would eventually find you. Success was never guaranteed, but people believed effort mattered. Parents taught this lesson to their children, teachers reinforced it in classrooms, and employers repeated it in recruitment campaigns. The idea that merit would ultimately overcome circumstance became one of the defining beliefs of American identity.
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Dear American Workers: What To Do When Caucusing For Jobs In A Broken System Demands Action
A deep dive into the challenges facing American workers navigating a labor market that doesn’t always reward effort — and what collective action might actually look like today.
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Free E-Book: This Weekend Only!
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Stoop
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#MeToo
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