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How the Horatio Alger Lie Helped Shape the Myth of American Upward Mobility
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn exclusive excerpt from the new book Bootstrapped explodes the fantasy at the heart of the...
Horatio Alger Is a Hoax, But We Can Still Celebrate the American Dream
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months ago"Ragged Dick"; poor shoeshine boy; book cover from the Ragged Dick series by Horatio Alger, Jr., ca....
Trump's "trickle-down racism": New research spotlights the old-fashioned hate propelling MAGA
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAnti-integration demonstrators blowing horn confederate flags MAGA hat Photo illustration by...
Author observes Charlie Brown through the decades | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStudies of popular culture in America — books, movies, TV sitcoms, and even comic strips — can vary...
Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz on the ‘myth’ of the American Dream, the economic noose hanging around...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThe economist says the Columbia-led protests definitely hit home and he still believes in something...
Voices: The GOP are now claiming slaves could have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs the GOP’s arguments about slavery show, meritocracy, taken to its logical extremes, ends up...
‘Pain Hustlers’ Lets Emily Blunt Tear Big Pharma a New One
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLiza Drake is a single mother, a part-time stripper, and a full-time hustler. She has to be, given...
‘Flamin’ Hot’ Review: Believe It or Not, This Neato Latino History Lesson Will Change Your Take on...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmericans can’t get enough of processed corn. They eat it for breakfast, in cereal form, and all...