The 'Self-Made American' Myth

"We need to drive home the fact that anybody who calls themselves an American cannot, in the same breath, declare that they are in any sense entirely 'self-made.'" says Sara Robinson in her latest essay. In our interdependence lies our greatness, and "bringing that interdependence back out into the light and putting it at the center of our politics shifts the entire dialogue in ways that can help progressives over the long haul."