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Health Class

January 12, 2016 by Class Action Leave a Comment

There is a wealth of data that tells us that class is a huge determinant of your health. This information is critical for policy change. And as someone working in the fields of human rights and social justice, I fought hard to share this information with decision makers that could do something about the issue. […]

Filed Under: Health care access, Poverty Tagged With: public services, unemployment

Responding to Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision

June 24, 2013 by Bill Fletcher Jr. Leave a Comment

My first response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the University of Texas case was to breathe a sigh of relief.  I had been expecting affirmative action to be ruled illegal.  Instead the Court, in effect, said that the University had to prove that non-racial methods were ineffective in creating greater diversity. We should, however, […]

Filed Under: Race and Class Tagged With: affirmative action, blaming the victim, race and class, racism, unemployment

Thinking Positive Thoughts as the Ship Sinks: Oprah, Tolle & New Age Classism

April 9, 2013 by Nicole Braun 31 Comments

I’m concerned about classism in the new age, self help and spiritual movements. Oprah Winfrey’s show and “lifeclass,” which many people study religiously, promote individualistic “create your own reality” ideas, including the philosophy of guru Eckhart Tolle. “Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it,” Tolle writes. These ideas can be […]

Filed Under: Internalized classism, Pop Culture Classism, Spirituality and Ending Classism Tagged With: blaming the victim, individualism, New Age spirituality, poverty, unemployment

What’s needed at this political moment? 5 well-known leftists, 5 strong opinions

June 12, 2012 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 10 Comments

At the Working-Class Studies conference last weekend, I heard an amazing dialogue about class, race and movement-building by five progressive journalists and activist scholars: Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now!, Frances Fox Piven, Bill Fletcher Jr. of Blackcommentator.com, and former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert of Demos, with conference organizer Michael Zweig, author of The […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Labor movement, Politics and Class, Poverty, Race and Class Tagged With: debt, jobs, low-wage jobs, racism, unemployment, unions, working class

Upsides of sky-high youth unemployment

May 1, 2012 by Betsy Leondar-Wright Leave a Comment

Posting Class Action internships gives me a window into the massive under-use of young adults’ energy in this lousy economy. Even for unpaid internships, we get dozens of bright, motivated students, and even college graduates. And whenever we can afford to offer internships with small stipends, the applications come in by the hundreds. These applicants […]

Filed Under: #Occupy, Classism in the Economy, First Generation College Students Tagged With: first generation college students, recession, unemployment

When you’re rich and when you’re poor

January 25, 2011 by Jay Mahin 5 Comments

When you’re rich and lose money on a leveraged investment, you are a victim of the bad economy and deserved to be bailed out. When you’re poor and lose money on a risky investment, you’re a financially incompetent yahoo who chases get rich quick schemes. When you’re rich and a war is about to start, […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, Rationalizing privilege, stereotypes, unemployment, weight

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