Voices: The American dream is becoming my generation’s nightmare

The cost of my parents’ dream has far outpaced the realities of wages.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

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