It’s Not ‘Despair’ That’s Killing Working-Class Americans; It’s Hard Work and Poverty
New research casts doubt on the trendy diagnosis of "hopelessness."
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Talking About White Privilege Can Reduce Liberals’ Sympathy for Poor White People
New research finds that social liberals who read about the phenomenon are subsequently less forgiving toward poor whites.
Inside the Working-Class Comedy of ‘Speechless’
A conversation with actor John Ross Bowie about comedy, working-class identity, and how entertainers should use social media.
Taking Freedom: Capitalism, Democracy, and W.E.B. Du Bois’ Two Proletariats
On W.E.B. Du Bois' theory of the working class and how race and class cannot be separated in the United States.
Why a History of the Police’s Relationship to the Working Class Is Being Re-Released Now
1983's Policing a Class Society argued that the police has always protected the interests of the upper classes.
The Death of the White Working Class Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Ever since Hillary Clinton and the Democrats failed to hold the White House last November, some members of…
Captive Labor Markets and Migration
A captive labor pool (like working mothers who are unlikely to move their children) drives down wages. And as labor becomes more captive over time, the divide between rich and poor grows wider.