Jack Metzgar

Jack Metzgar is a retired Professor of Humanities from Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he is a core member of the Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies. His research interests include labor politics, working-class voting patterns, working-class culture, and popular and political discourse about class. He is a former President of the Working-Class Studies Association.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jack Metzgar

Opinion

Race and class—We can talk about both at the same time
June 10, 2019 By Jack Metzgar
Every time a politician their policy would “especially benefit people of color,” to some white folks it can sound like the policy is geared mostly toward people unlike them.
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Opinion

The workers who will lose their jobs under Medicare for All
February 25, 2019 By Jack Metzgar
There is no greater downside to Medicare for All than the 1.8 million jobs it will eliminate in the insurance industry and in health providers’ offices.
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Opinion

Class prejudice: It was workers who delivered the election for Democrats
November 26, 2018 By Jack Metzgar
We should celebrate every country-club Republican who turns against Trump, but flips within the so-called white working class are proportionately more important.
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Jack Metzgar

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jack Metzgar

Race and class—We can talk about both at the same time

The workers who will lose their jobs under Medicare for All

Class prejudice: It was workers who delivered the election for Democrats