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Visionhaus/Getty Images Millennials aren't killing the American Dream. They're reviving it. John Truslow Adams defined the American Dream as a better life for all, but consumerism got involved in a big way after World War II. Millennials are bringing back its true meaning, whether they seek a life of suburbia or an alternative path. A college-educated couple, mortgaged house with a white picket fence, 2.5 kids, and a dog: It's the American Dream, and millennials are "killing" it.  So cried the press in the past decade, accusing millennials of killing so many ind...

Karen Akpan Akpan told Insider she was inspired by Dave Ramsey's "gazelle intensity" method. They took 3 steps: selling their house to buy an RV, creating a budget, and increasing their income. For Karen Akpan, 2020 ended on a high note. She and her husband, Sylvester, finally paid off $118,000 of student debt. And they did it all, amid a historic year of pandemic and uncertainty.  The 32-year-old Akpan went to college when she was just 16 to study child and adolescent development, and went on to obtain a master's degree in family and consumer sciences. The degr...

Americans who got $600 stimulus checks spent 30% more than those who didn't, per BofA Research. The economy might be even stronger with Biden's plan.

Millennials' K-shaped pandemic is deepening a decade-old wealth gap, in which some are scraping by on their savings and others are getting richer.