Chapter 3: A wealthy society, but a welfare state?
Fiction
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) (film)
- Precious (2009) (film)
- Eminem, Cleanin’ Out My Closet (2002) (song)
- Bobb Hamilton, A father tells his son about the Statue of Liberty (1971) (poem)
- Larry Fondation, Deportation at Breakfast (1991) (short story)
- The Wire (2002-2008) (tv series)
- Orange is the New Black (2013–) (tv series)
- Junot Díaz, Drown (1997) (short story)
- Junot Díaz, Edison, New Jersey (1997) (short story)
- Dead Man Walking (1995) (film)
- The Green Mile (1999) (film)
- Tobias Wolff, Hunters in the Snow (1981) (short story)
- Boomtown Rats, I Don’t Like Mondays (1979) (song)
Non-fiction
- Sicko (2007) (documentary film)
- Barack Obama, Remarks by the President on the Affordable Care Act (April 1, 2014) (speech)
- Ted Cruz, Marathon Speech Against Obamacare (September 24, 2013) (speech)
- Business Insider, Ted Cruz Has Just Wrapped Up His Epic, 21-Hour ‘Defund Obamacare’ Talk-A-Thon (September 25, 2013) (article)
- The New York Times, Class Matters (2005) (article series)
- The New York Times, Shadowy Lines That Still Divide (May 15, 2005) (article)
- Barack Obama, Remarks by the President on the Economy, Knox College, Galesburg, IL (July 4, 2013) (speech)
- The Atlantic, ‘The Great Gatsby Curve’: Why It’s So Hard for the Poor to Get Ahead (June 18, 2013) (article)
- The Atlantic, American Dream in Decline? (March 15, 2010) (article)
- The New York Times, A Dream Examined (August 23, 2013) (article)
- The Economist, Black America: Waking Life (August 24, 2013) (article)
- Barack Obama, Remarks by the President on Economic Mobility (December 4, 2013) (speech)
- Clyde Thompson, I Was Sentenced to Death in the Electric Chair – A True Story (2001) (article)
- Wayne LaPierre, CPAC 2013 Speech (March 13, 2013) (speech)
- Gabrielle Giffords, Appeal to Congress on Gun Control (January 30, 2013) (speech)
- Barack Obama, Remarks by the President on Reducing Gun Violence, Hartford, CT (April 8, 2013) (speech)
