Tag Archives: workers

Worker Portraits: Contradictions and Contingency

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

Paintings and sculptures often represent those with power, not the working class. Yet, a current exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s  National Portrait Gallery, “The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying America’s Workers,” not only highlights workers, it also invites us to consider … Continue reading →

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The Precariat: Why a Basic Income is Vital

Posted on October 23, 2017 by

We are in the midst of a global transformation orchestrated by powerful financial interests espousing an ideology of market liberalisation, commodification, and privatisation. The global market system they advocate increases economic and social injustice, including widespread precarity. In the face … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty: (Not) For All

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

Freedom of religion is a central idea in the United States. Most descriptions of U.S. history emphasize flight from religious repression as the main motivation for colonial settlement. The U.S. Constitution enshrines the idea of freedom in the very first … Continue reading →

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Is Class Really Forgotten?: Working-Class Studies Association 2017 Awards

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Over the last week, I’ve read a couple of pieces in which elite academics highlight their discovery of the importance of class, both noting how the topic has been neglected by academia and ‘the elite’. In a Financial Times interview … Continue reading →

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Remembering to Forget: The Loss of Working-Class Industrial Jobs

Posted on November 2, 2015 by

One of the problems I regularly encounter teaching undergraduate students sociology is their use of the term ‘post-industrial’ in their essays, by which they often mean that countries like the UK no longer have industry or the jobs that went … Continue reading →

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Grime You Can Never Wash Off: Internet Content Moderation and New Frontiers in Labor Exploitation

Posted on November 3, 2014 by

Scrolling through e-mails and my Facebook news feed one morning last week, I came across two related articles. The first, from Alternet, was about the disproportionate harassment and abuse that women face online. Citing a recent Atlantic exposé on the … Continue reading →

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The Value(s) of Working-Class Jobs

Posted on May 19, 2014 by

When I was a kid growing up I looked up to my cousin. Ronald was twenty years my senior, and in his mid-twenties he decided to become a bus driver on London Transport. Whenever I saw him, I would be … Continue reading →

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