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The Downwardly Mobile: How Some People Lose Class Privilege
We have two narratives about class in this country. Perhaps the most prominent is the American Dream – the idea that hard work and moral fortitude can lead people from rages to riches. The second is that of the rigged … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Understanding Class
Tagged class and education, class mobility, upper middle class
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Will Lawyers Stand Up to Defend Working-Class Consumers?
Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 million Americans have lost their jobs. 4.2 million homeowners have placed their mortgages in forbearance. Hundreds of thousands more are in default and have not yet worked out agreements with lenders … Continue reading
Deindustrialization as a Template for COVID-19
As we wrote in Steeltown USA: Work and Memory in Youngstown, Youngstown’s story is America’s story. That’s true now as we try to imagine American life after the pandemic. No doubt, coronavirus is a natural disaster that is more contagious, widespread, … Continue reading
Posted in Issues, John Russo, The Working Class and the Economy, Youngstown
Tagged COVID-19, Deindustrialization, economic crisis, Youngstown
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“People Ain’t Gonna Come to Work if They Don’t Feel Safe”
If you live in Iowa, you get to see a little bit of how the sausage is made, so to speak, especially if it’s pork. It’s a common occurrence to see long semi-truck trailers on the highways, with round pink … Continue reading
Fishing Industry Workers Struggle to Beat Long Odds
A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re seeing signs of worry about the food supply. Meatpacking plants have closed due to high rates of infection among workers. Farmers plow crops under and pour thousands of gallons of milk down … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, The Working Class and the Economy, Work
Tagged COVID-19, Fishing industry, workers
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May Day 2020: Workers in the Pandemic Time
Around the world, the first of May, is generally celebrated as a public holiday. May Day’s origins go back to 1886, when 300,000 U.S. workers in 13,000 businesses laid down their tools in a general strike, joining 40,000 in Chicago … Continue reading
COVID-19 Is a Perfect Storm for Women Workers
America’s women workers have been living in a straw house perched high on a cliff, and COVID-19 is the perfect storm. Though research reveals that men are more likely to succumb to the virus, women will be disproportionately devastated by … Continue reading
The Crime of the Century: Remembering Sacco and Vanzetti 100 Years Later
April 15th marks the 100th anniversary of the crime that propelled Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti into the international media spotlight: the robbery and double murder at the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company Factory in South Braintree, … Continue reading
The Class System of Higher Ed Goes Online
Most American colleges and universities moved courses online over the last week. That shift highlights the class disparities of higher education. For example, at Georgetown, by the time the University President announced that classes were moving online, more than 30 … Continue reading
Class and the Challenge of COVID-19
COVID-19, the coronavirus that is spreading across the world, is wreaking havoc on working people and their families. Weeks after it burst onto the world scene, the end of this deadly threat is still not in sight. Although it is … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, The Working Class and the Economy
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, health care, workers
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