working class
With Amazon coming, metro D.C. families face rising rents, longer commutes
January 3, 2019Various cities had been bidding for the HQ, in the usual way: Offering millions of dollars in “concessions” to a company worth a trillion dollars.
Read moreClass struggle TV: Things get real on “Roseanne” spinoff “The Connors”
December 4, 2018For the most part, TV either ignores class conflict. But the most consistent theme of most working-class sitcoms, including The Conners, is that it's a struggle to be working class.
Read moreClass prejudice: It was workers who delivered the election for Democrats
November 26, 2018We should celebrate every country-club Republican who turns against Trump, but flips within the so-called white working class are proportionately more important.
Read moreDo you know who your foreman voted for?
September 24, 2018Instead of boss and workers, it can seem cultural divisions are what really separate people. But class still matters.
Read moreStop blaming workers for Trump’s right-wing authoritarianism
September 13, 2018To analyze racial dynamics, one needs to look first at “the economic policies of the ruling class.”
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