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name in progress…. Social and economic class, and all the weird places it shows up (ex. the long list of people who get to enter an airplane first)
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“Millennials Are Screwed”
“For decades, most of the job growth in America has been in low-wage, low-skilled, temporary and short-term jobs. The United States simply…
Jess Brooks
Jun 2, 2019
“Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully?
“For parents raising their kids in poverty, having to say “no” was a part of daily life. Their financial circumstances forced them to deny…
Jess Brooks
May 23, 2019
“Disney’s oddball movie about child labor unions, and the anarchic fandom it inspired”
“Newsies acknowledges that it needs a plot of some kind, but the story, I started to feel on first viewing, can seem like an excuse for…
Jess Brooks
Mar 31, 2019
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“Bussed out: How America moves its homeless”
“until now there has never been a systematic, nationwide assessment of the consequences. Where are these people being moved to? What…
Jess Brooks
Mar 18, 2019
“Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim Fought Back, With a Vengeance”
“Therrien had been caught up in a fraud known as phantom debt, where millions of Americans are hassled to pay back money they don’t owe…
Jess Brooks
Mar 18, 2019
“‘Those People’ Eat Quinoa, Too”
“I visited the food shelf a total of 5 times in about 11 months. I only told one friend. I told my kids, and when I did, I expected them…
Jess Brooks
Mar 2, 2019
“Twenty-First Century Victorians”
“Today, spin classes, artisanal food, and the college application process have replaced Sunday promenades, evening lectures, and weekly…
Jess Brooks
Jan 13, 2019
“Book Review: The Ordeal of Appalachia”
“Stoll refuses to accept that there is something intrinsically lacking in Appalachians — people who, after all, managed to carve out a…
Jess Brooks
Jan 7, 2019
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