Top stories published by Class Conscious in 2016

“Blue islands in an ocean of red. The cities are less than 4 percent of the land mass, but 62 percent of the population and easily 99 percent of the popular culture. Our movies, shows, songs, and news all radiate out from those blue islands.

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Apr 3, 2016

“Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here’s why”

“It seems to obsess him: the destructive free-trade deals our leaders have made, the many companies that have moved their production facilities to other lands, the phone calls he will make to those companies’ CEOs in…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Aug 10, 2016

“The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility”

“She’d been encouraged to think of college foremost as a path to socioeconomic mobility. Since elementary school, teachers had rhapsodized about the opportunities that four years of higher education…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Sep 2, 2016

“TV’s Dwindling Middle Class”

“In 2007, television underwent a great expansion — beyond the major broadcast networks, beyond televisions and into all kinds of genres — just at the moment the economy shrank, and a fantasy emerged. As real people became poorer and lost their jobs, the ones on TV got richer…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Aug 17, 2016

“[psych/anthro/soc, Patreon] Class (American)”

“It is a common confusion — or intellectual dodge — to conflate social class with economic class. But what what differentiates, say, the middle class from the working class is not mere wealth or earning power; as we all know, a plumber (presumed…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Jun 1, 2016

“Etsy Wants to Crochet Its Cake, and Eat It Too”

“It was that simple: Some people like to make things, other people like to buy things that others have made, and now, thanks to the internet, these people could be brought seamlessly together, to the benefit of all parties, including the host…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Aug 16, 2016

“American tipping is rooted in slavery — and it still hurts workers today”

“For female workers, the consequences of this system go far beyond low wages. That’s according to Saru Jayaraman, co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and author of the…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Jan 6, 2016

“How this N.H. woman came to love Donald Trump”

“On paper, Leafe hits the bullet points of a Trump supporter profile — she’s older, white, without a college degree. Her income has stagnated, as she has had to hold salon prices steady to keep clients, even as product costs have risen.

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

May 14, 2016

“Fall In Love with Your Job, Get Ripped Off by Your Boss”

“In today’s increasingly freelance economy, DWYL has become a convenient way for corporations to pay fewer people less money for more work. If work is what you love, after all, why do anything else?..

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Jan 29, 2016

“Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams”

“Their rent was actually a couple of hundred dollars more than James’s monthly Social Security benefits, but he made up the rest by piecing together odd jobs. They looked for a new apartment for two months and didn’t find anything close to their price range. Their…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Class Conscious in 2016. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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