My Generation Was Supposed to Level America's Playing Field. Instead, We Rigged It for Ourselves. (cover story)

UNITED States politics & government; CHANGE; SOCIAL values; POLARIZATION (Social sciences); MERITOCRACY; WAGES; UNITED States economy, 1945-; UNITED States social conditions, 1945-; HISTORY

The article discusses the author's views about how America has changed politically, economically, and socially from the 1960s to 2018, and it mentions America's core values, political polarization, and a meritocracy in the U.S. According to the article, America is the richest country in the world and it has the third-highest poverty rate among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Wages, due process, and the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment are assessed.