Classism in the News

Links We Think Are Really Important:

Economic Security Database by Wider Opportunities for Women, 3/29/12

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Better wages, not more diplomas by The Center for Working-Class Studies, 3/26/12

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Media Images of Working Class by Media Awareness Network, 3/15/12

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Sci-Fi and Social Class by Gina Barrett Putt, 3/5/2012

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Lies and Cheating of the Upper Class by Ian Sample, 2/28/12

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The rhetoric of Luck Among The 99 percent by Celia Emmelhainz, 2/21/12

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Political Delusions About “The Working Class” by The Center For Working Class Studies, 2/20/12

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The Super Bowl of Anti-Worker Legislation  by Hary Targ, 2/11/12

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What Safety Net, Mitt? by Steven Cohen, 2/6/12

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Gold Medal Sell Out: HRC Honors Goldman Sachs by Andrew Beaver, 2/6/12

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An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help by Association of Black Women Historians, 2/2/12

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Class Terms That Disappeared From The Media by Jay Livingston, 1/27/12

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The 99%: “There’s Always Money in The Banana Stand” by Gretchen Sisson, 1/13/12

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Dispatches from the Poorest City in America  by James Rhodes, University of Manchester, 1/2/12

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America’s Middle Class is Dangling Without a Safety Net by Amy Dean, 1/11/12

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Why Teach For America Is Not Welcome In My Classroom by Mark Naison, 1/18/11

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 A press just for poor people’s voices by Tony Robles, 1/23/12 _____________________________________________________________________

The History of Fat Cat Icons by The Center for Working-Class Studies, 1/23/12

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Concepts, Real Life & the Working Class by The Center for Working -Class Studies, 1/30/12

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Complicating White Privilege: Class, Race, and Images of Wilma by Paul C. Gorski, 12/30/11

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Traitors To Their Class by Marjorie Pitchard, 12/20/11

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Can Sitcoms Make It Funny To Be Broke? by Gretchen Sisson, 12/14/11

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4 RESPONSES TO GENE MARKS’ FORBES ARTICLE “IF I WERE A POOR BLACK KID”:

If I were The Middle Class White Guy Gene Marks  by Kelly Virella, 12/13/11

If I were Rich White Dude by Jeff Yang, 12/13/11

Forbes’ Gene Marks Needs To Check His Privileges  by Greg Laden, 12/13/11

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The Diversity of the White Working Class by The Center for Working-Class Studies, 12/12/11

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An Open Letter to the 1% by  National Board of Directors, Interfaith Worker Justice

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The 99%: Money Can’t Buy You Class by Gretchen Sisson, 12/5/11

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Cluelessness About Housing & Poor People by Patrick Butler, 12/5/11

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FREE & REDUCED LUNCH KIDS BULLIED FOR BRIGHT ORANGE PASS by Jennifer Kalvinek, 2011

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Is the ‘creative class’ a classist concept? by Mike Targett, 11/25/11

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Big-Box Chains Steal Thanksgiving by Judy Ancel, 11/22/11

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Taxing the Rich by Chuck Collins, 11/15/11

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Occupiers, Tea Partiers, and the Tenth Commandment by Jeff Jacoby , 11/2/11

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How economic inequality harms societies by Richard Wilkinson, 10/2011

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Move Your Money by Move Your Money Project, 2011

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The 1% who stand with the 99% by Prashanth Kamalakanthan, 2011

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The Reign of the One Percenters by  CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM, Nov/Dec/2011

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So Real It Hurts by Guest Contributor, 10/3/11

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Play Moneyball with The Moneychangers by Matt Witt, 10/4/11

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Occupy DC confronts Chamber of Commerce   by Chuck Collins, 10/6/11

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What the Wall Street Protestors Are So Angry About by Nick, 10/11/11

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Are working-class childhoods happier? by The Center for Working Class Studies, 9/12/11

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Shrinking Financial Aid and College Admissions by Steve Roberts, 9/22/11

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On Violence and Class Warfare by Troy Davis, 9/26/11

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We Could Use a Little Class Warfare Right Now by David. A. Love, 2011

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Rally Around the Buffett Rule byChuck Collins, 9/20/11

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Companies Stop Marketing to The Missing Middle Class by Martin Hart -Landsberg, 9/19/11

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CORPORATIONS ADJUSTING TO A SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS by Martin Hart-Landsberg, 9/19/11

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Registering the poor to vote is un-American by Matthew Vadum, 9/1/11

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Republicans want to raise taxes on working class and poor by The New York Times, 8/30/11

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Some companies pay their CEOs more than Uncle Sam by Peter Whoriskey, 8/31/11

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An Appetite for Moral Panics by Sheezelbub, 8/26/11

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We need not just jobs, but jobs that pay by Barbara Ehrenreich, 8/23/11

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PERCEPTIONS OF INEQUALITY IN THE U.S. by Gwen Sharp, 8/18/11

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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich by Warren E. Buffett, 8/14/11

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Why Riots in London? by Mary Riddle, 8/8/11

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 Americans in denial about inequality: PBS video by Tricia Rose, 7/29/11

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Surprise, surprise: Health Insurance makes people feel better by Gina Kolata, 7/7/11

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Why Charity Boards Should Not Be Filled With Rich People by Pablo Eisenberg, 6/13/11

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You Load Sixteen Tons and What Do You Getby Lee Ballinger, 6/7/11

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Top Colleges, Largely for the Elite by David Leonhardt, 5/24/11

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Right-Wing Hoaxster Smears Labor Educators by Jane Slaughter and Mischa Gaus, 5/6/11

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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor by John Cheese, 5/27/11

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The best Tax Day hoax ever! by Traubador33, 4/13/11