Whether the American Dream is centered in economic mobility or personal freedom, many citizens believe its achievement has grown more elusive.
- Professor of Social Welfare, Washington University in St. Louis
Athletes will use physics concepts such as friction and lift to their advantage on the world stage in the 2026 Olympic Games.
Two professors explain why and how their approach creates a richly textured understanding of the American Dream.
About 1 in 9 Americans are facing poverty today. But more than half of the people residing in the US will experience poverty at some point in their adult lives.
For all the energy, creativity and money presidential candidates pour into their campaigns, it turns out that the ‘subtle power of irrelevant events’ can also shift an election’s outcome.
A century ago, the French writer and poet André Breton penned his ‘Manifesto of Surrealism,’ launching an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.
With low-scoring games and a preponderance of deflected shots, randomness is much more likely to color NHL teams’ records than those of squads in the other four major US pro sports leagues.
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
Newer measures of poverty may do a better job of counting America’s poor, which is necessary to helping them.
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