America’s middle class was once the envy of the world, and the pride of our nation. But as millions still struggle with joblessness and millions more just scrape by paycheck-to-paycheck, the Great Recession has awakened—and heightened—the sense that our future is in peril. Today, about half of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 believe that a fundamental tenet of the American dream is broken—each generation will be better off than the previous one. Click here to read more.