On AlterNet: working class

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "working class"

Charles Murray's New Book 'Coming Apart' Shamelessly Blames the Victims of Our Economic Collapse

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

The self-appointed moral Czar condemns working people for lack of character while ignoring economic realities.

Why Everyone On Television Is Richer Than You

Josh Eidelson, Arguing the World/Dissent Magazine. July 14, 2011.

Where are the everyday working people on popular television shows?

Death by Budget Cut: Why Conservatives and Some Dems Have Blood on Their Hands

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. June 13, 2011.

There is no room for compromise when dealing with budget cuts that will surely cost innocent lives.

Are Well-Off Progressives Standing in the Way of a Real Movement for Economic Justice?

Alyssa Battistoni, AlterNet. May 22, 2011.

Many progressives are affluent and well-educated. Does their elite status stand in the way of a movement to fight attacks on the working class?

Is a Real Resistance Movement to the Big Banks Finally on the Rise?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 3, 2011.

There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs. Civil Disobedience is the only tool we have left.

How America's Working Class Died on the Disco Dance Floor

Jefferson Cowie, The New Press. September 9, 2010.

A new book describes how working-class America hit the rocks during the turbulent '70s.

Taxing Health Care Will Destroy Democrats

William Greider, The Nation. June 19, 2009.

Taxing health care will turn working class people against Obama and ruin the Democratic Party.

Help Wanted: A Secretary of Labor Who Cares About Workers

Kim Bobo, Sojourners. October 21, 2008.

We need a Labor Secretary in the mold of Frances Perkins, whose top priority was to help the working man.

SEIU Head Andy Stern Knows How to Restore America's Middle Class

Robert Greenwald, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. September 13, 2008.

From this week's Meet the Bloggers.

Michael Moore Slams McCain for Overplaying POW Card

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. August 31, 2008.

From this week's Meet the Bloggers

Where Are the Working Class Heroes?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. January 11, 2008.

These days we don't want to hear from poor folk. Today's motto is: The poor should not be seen, nor heard. It's survival of the richest.

Hollywood Flicks Stiff the Working Class

Robert Nathan, Jo-Ann Mort, The Nation. February 23, 2007.

"Unionized" isn't a word you hear in many American movies. In time for the Academy Awards, here's a look at the dearth of films about working class life.