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Who is Shameless This Election Season? One TV Show’s Challenging Depiction of the Working Poor
Since the 2016 Presidential race began, pundits have been scrambling to understand what is apparently the most inscrutable segment of the Trump voting bloc: disaffected white working-class middle-aged men who feel they have lost gender and race privileges along … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Working-Class Culture
Tagged 2016 election, Shameless, working poor
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Solidarity, not Division: Understanding London’s East End
The East End of London has a long history of working-class community. It has been a place of industry, where the river Thames and the river Lea have provided work for many people. The area attracted many immigrants, including workers … Continue reading
Poverty and Precarious Work
Given that many working people are also poor, Labor Day is good time to talk about poverty in the United States. But in this election year, with so much with emphasis on jobs, we should look especially at the relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, John Russo, The Working Class and the Economy
Tagged Labor Day, Poverty, precarious work, working poor
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Why Evangelicals Matter to the Labor Movement
Conventional wisdom tells us that all evangelicals must be anti-union because they are theologically and politically conservative. Therefore, you might assume, labor has nothing to gain from the sixty two million adult adherents of evangelicalism in the U.S. Yet evangelicals … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Labor and Community Activism
Tagged class and religion, Evangelicals, labor movement
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Some Silver Linings for the Working Class in British Politics?
On the face of it, there is little to make progressives cheerful about in British politics at the moment. In the wake of June’s Brexit vote the Labour party has begun to knock large lumps out of itself with a … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Tim Strangleman, Working-Class Politics
Tagged Brexit, British politics, Class and economics, Labour Party
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The Education Campaign: Addressing Inequality through Teaching and Learning?
Other than Hillary Clinton’s adoption of Bernie Sanders’s proposal to make college tuition free for most Americans, we haven’t heard much about education in this year’s election. The focus has been on economic inequality, immigration, trade, and national security – … Continue reading
