Kathy M. Newman

Kathy M. Newman is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of "Radio-Active: Advertising and Activism 1935-1947."

LATEST ARTICLES BY Kathy M. Newman

Opinion

Class(room) warfare: Mainstream media discovers the class struggle
April 15, 2019 By Kathy M. Newman
We are gradually becoming a nation that sees inequality for the crisis it is.
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Culture

Class struggle TV: Things get real on “Roseanne” spinoff “The Connors”
December 4, 2018 By Kathy M. Newman
For 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.
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News

Karl Marx makes a comeback
September 14, 2017 By Kathy M. Newman
Over the last decade, Marx has also made a comeback as a serious intellectual figure. In the fall of 2008, as the global financial crisis was starting to be felt and understood, The Guardian reported on...
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