The American Dream 

Education: Disparity and Discontinuity By Timothy Little, Managing Editor
The United States considers the "American Dream" the ability to choose freely the life one would like to live and look to education as the "great equalizer" in an effort to transcend socio-economic class. The old adage to leave the next generation with opportunities better than it currently has holds true. One means of ensuring this is education. However, there is an unacceptable disparity in regards to the quality of public education (grades K-12) offered across the nation, a disparity threatening the American Dream. How can we ensure quality public education and the promise of the American Dream?

The 14th Amendment: A Necessary Step toward a More Egalitarian Version of the American Dream By Julie Silverbrook
The details how the passage of the 14th Amendment has contributed toward a more egalitarian version of the American Dream. Prior to the ratification of the 14th Amendment, civil rights were denied to a large segment of the population. This article details how different clauses in the amendment aimed at addressing specific racist tendencies, and helped to establish a legal foundation for addressing these inegalitarian practices. The article ends by noting that though the 14th Amendment has been influential and essential in equalizing the ability for minorities to advance themselves, there are still limitations, though more implicit, that prevent a true egalitarian version of the American dream.

The Dreams of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani By Hunter Patterson
The American dream comes and different shapes and sizes, it is unique because it can come in all sorts of people, like Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. Growing up from backgrounds generally adverse to stereotypical political success. These two people, over coming their own unique adversities, have lived out their American Dream by learning from their modest upbringings and using them to spread the American Dream to others.

Defrauding the American Dream By Sergei Shev
Defrauding the American Dream is an article that critiques the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Tellabs INC. v. Makor and Rights LTD. The piece argues that the Court’s opinion prevents the average investor from pursuing the American Dream by limiting the First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, as well damaging the investor’s financial potential.