Author Margaret Atwood reflects on the word 'hope,' and its importance since Barack Obama's campaign message four years ago.

As the housing market revives, investors paying cash crowd out middle-class home shoppers

Writer Jeffrey Eugenides on the notion of hope, four years after Barack Obama used it in his presidential campaign.

He came here as a boy from Cuba, worked hard, became a local reporter, and, today, he's the mayor of one of the largest cities in the country. Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado talks about his city and his American Dream.