There is No American Upper Class

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Hugo Schwyzer does not want me to use ‘upper-class’ here.

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Our Kind of People, Class, and Pride

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You should always be proud of your family—even if they are preppy, upper-class, country club members.

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Class Warfare and the Power of the Powerless in America

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Apathy and rage, David Perez writes, have a lot in common.

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Only Real Fans Sit in the Upper Deck

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Rising ticket prices, Aaron Gordon writes, have created a class divide among fans.

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Moving Past the Politics of Angry Populism

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For some people, class is not something for polite conversation; it’s a dirty word.

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Losing the Big Coin Flip

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Some win, some lose, and it’s never fair.

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Monopoly: Almost as Unfair as Real Life

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Jackie Summers sees Monopoly as the perfect example of economic disparity, even with the premise of supposed equality among players.

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The Last Po’ Man, Turn Out the Light

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In Todd Mauldin’s view capitalism works the same way anarchy does: only in a perfect world where everybody cares about everybody else.

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On Class

On Class

Do we still believe that anyone can cross class lines if they work hard enough?

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My Angry Rhetoric on Socioeconomic Class, Explained

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A lay person’s inquiry into what ‘socioeconomic stratification’ means for us all.

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Spank

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When a company goes out of business and you get laid off, what should you do to get back at your idiot boss?

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The End of Middle Class Men

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There’s an employment crisis among men, but there’s also a labor shortage.

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All Children Are Created Equal

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As long as we think of children as needing to be saved from their origins, Megan Rosker writes, we fail to recognize that they all have the same potential.

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Are U.S. Class Riots Inevitable?

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How angry do people have to be to start a riot? Is being too poor to shop reason enough?

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