American Dream

High time for India and US to tighten laws to stem illegal immigration, punish human traffickers

According to the US Customs and Border Protection, India is the fifth largest source of illegal migrants entering the USA from the southwest border

The Indian-American paradox: Indians expect them to be Indians, but they are not

There’s a lot of excitement over Parag Agarwal becoming the Twitter CEO. But it is futile to expect Indian-American CEOs to suddenly swing their companies in directions that help India, or Hindus

Jeff Daniels, team of American Rust on setting the show in a run-down industrial town

“Any one of these characters could pack up their car and just leave, but they don’t. Maybe they can’t. Maybe they’ve got nowhere else to go. They’re at the bottom," says Jeff Daniels about his new show American Rust.

Hamilton employs colourblind casting, but that only does disservice to the idea of true representation

The trouble of a colourblind production might not be the casting itself but the fact that the casting may still erase the reimagined characters’ identities

In Guatemela as emigration touches record levels, 'achieving the American dream' comes with expensive loan, help from smuggler

In recent years, Guatemala has been among the single largest sources of migrants apprehended along the southwest border of the United States, with most of them coming from rural, predominantly indigenous regions of the country.

Dirty Money review: Six-part documentary series reflects everything that's gone wrong with America due to capitalism

In the end, Netflix's six-part docu, Dirty Money, is a mirror reflection of a lot that has gone wrong with America, once the land of milk and honey

Donald Trump calls for 'new American moment' in first State of the Union: Read excerpts from the US President's speech

President Donald Trump will call for a "new American moment" in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, as he seeks to rally a deeply divided nation.

A Streetcar Named Desire turns 70: Tennessee Williams' play remains relevant in a post-truth world

A Streetcar Named Desire’s timelessness is evident as it is one of the few plays​ to have been made into a movie, staged as a ballet and even had a Broadway revival.

American Dream album review: In LCD Soundsystem's latest, tantalising glimpses of a new direction

LCD Soundsystem's latest album American Dream is haunted and liberated by founder James Murphy’s many influences

How did Donald Trump win the US presidential election? Here's an exploration of theories

But, whether a case of sour grapes or a genuine gripe, the reality is we have a Trump presidency ahead of us.