The narrow, legal answer is straightforward: An American is a citizen of the United States, born or naturalized. That ...

Taylor Tepper covered banking, investing and pretty much everything else in personal finance for more than a decade, with his work appearing in the New York Times, Fortune and MONEY magazine, as well ...

Was the American Dream ever real? Or was it a mirage? With so many young people burdened by student loan debt and questioning whether they'll ever be able to afford a home, it's a question worth ...

American cheese is a processed cheese product made from several types of cheese and other ingredients. It is high in protein but also high in sodium and unsaturated fats. American cheese is a common ...

A new book and two new exhibitions explore the concept of the American Dream – and how it came to represent both a utopia and a dystopia. "Sadly, the American Dream is dead," Donald Trump told an ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. SDI Productions / Getty Images At its core, the ...

German-Americans rally in New York in support of the Nazis in a news clipping from the Shamokin News-Dispatch Courtesy of Hachette Book Group Stop any American on the street and they’ll have a ...

Growing up, it felt like you were either the kid with all the American Girl dolls, or you knew the kid with all the American Girl dolls. And they always seemed to be set up in one single (some might ...

The dates most Americans remember (July 4, 1776, for example) work as shorthand for signal events. Change takes place across decades, but individual moments remind us what came before and how we got ...

Maddie is a freelance content creator and a Senior Resource Writer at Collider. She has a background in Media & Communications with work experience spanning several years in content marketing, ...

American presidents hold the most powerful office on earth and occupy a unique place at the center of national and world events. At once chief executive, head of state, commander-in-chief, and leader ...