As the spine of Underdogs: The Truth About the White Working Class by Economist journalist Joel Budd cracks, a voice inside hollers: “Cool! A book about the working-class by a guy who’s not ...
Deindustrialization in the Northeast spawned a service sector that didn’t quite match up to the offerings of the old manufacturing-based economy. The resulting lower wages, limited job benefits, and ...
Working-class boomer kitchens are built on saving everything “just in case.” But when their kids inherit the house, a lot of ...
While it's true that things like lacking job flexibility and poor parental involvement greatly influence health, well-being, and behavior outcomes for kids in working-class families, according to a ...
He’s a writer who mines his own history to look deeply at broader currents of working-class American life. In his new novel, Ocean Vuong crafts a narrative that weaves together themes of grief, ...
Kids learn how to behave, speak, and interact with others from their parents — the first relationships and people they're surrounded by in their lives. However, they also tend to learn more nuanced ...
The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself. It’s something like a sharpened bildungsroman. The child is nudged forward by ...
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...
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