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From the archives: ‘Who Stole the Dream?’ by Donald Barlett and James Steele
These articles originally ran in The Inquirer on Sept. 8 and 9, 1996, part of a 10-part investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele on the “plundering of the middle class.”
![The front page of the September 8, 1996 edition of The Inquirer.](https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/RYI2n-IwnjsU5jGG7aPVBx18TUs=/0x0:3933x2624/760x507/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/BFEOLKA6NNHKZGFALIUGIS5XTA.jpg)
These articles originally ran in The Inquirer on Sept. 8 and 9, 1996. Below are the first two parts of “America: Who Stole the Dream?," a 10-part investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele on the “plundering of the middle class.”