Who is Shameless This Election Season? One TV Show’s Challenging Depiction of the Working Poor
Since the 2016 Presidential race began, pundits have been scrambling to understand what is apparently the most inscrutable segment of the Trump voting.
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White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes
During election years white people who do not have bachelor’s degrees (the increasingly common definition of “the working class”) become both a somewhat.
- by Jack Metzgar
- September 25, 2016
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Poverty and Precarious Work
Given that many working people are also poor, Labor Day is good time to talk about poverty in the United States. But in.
- by John Russo
- September 7, 2016
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Some Silver Linings for the Working Class in British Politics?
On the face of it, there is little to make progressives cheerful about in British politics at the moment. In the wake of.
- by Tim Strangleman
- August 28, 2016
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The Education Campaign: Addressing Inequality through Teaching and Learning?
Other than Hillary Clinton’s adoption of Bernie Sanders’s proposal to make college tuition free for most Americans, we haven’t heard much about education.
- by Sherry Linkon
- August 20, 2016
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Chasing Tax Cheats to Create Jobs: Why Don’t We Do That?
I’m guessing that tax collectors have never been a popular group, but we need thousands more of them, probably about 50,000 more. Why?.
- by Jack Metzgar
- August 6, 2016
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Greyhound Racing in Australia: The Demise of a Working-Class Pastime (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
The recent announcement that the New South Wales government in Australia was banning Greyhound racing starting in 2017 surprised many. They didn’t expect.
- by Sarah Attfield
- July 26, 2016
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Why Clinton Could Lose the Working Class in Ohio
In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in battleground Ohio. This suggests a very close race in Ohio.
- by John Russo
- July 21, 2016
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A Working-Class Brexit
I woke up Friday morning to the news that my country decided that it no longer wants to be part of the European.
- by Tim Strangleman
- June 27, 2016
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The Limits to Entrepreneurship: Why Innovation Won’t Solve Poverty
Can starting your own business rocket someone from the near bottom to near top of the economic pyramid? It might work for a.
- by Mark Popovich
- June 20, 2016