Funded by the Humankind Program Fund and the Public Radio International Program Fund whose contributors include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation

After a tumultuous period in our nation's history, what is the American dream now? What ideals inspire us? What changes would citizens like to see? How can we find common ground for solutions to pressing problems from global warming to protecting our country? Recorded with tourists waiting in line to view the original Declaration of Independence and Constitution in Washington, as well as at a major league baseball stadium, a veteran's clinic, a renewable energy laboratory and elsewhere.