Archive:Christopher R. Martin
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WCP: How Government Statistics Define the Stories of the Working Class
One of my favorite media criticism works is British journalist and media professor Brian Winston’s “On Counting the Wrong Things.” He argues that the categories we use to count can themselves lead to
Categories: News, Working-Class Perspectives
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WCP: Bringing Ourselves to Say “Working-Class”
President Joe Biden recently did the most pro-working-class thing any U.S. president has done in decades: he endorsed the right of workers to organize. Yet, as Christopher R. Martin points out in thi
Categories: News, Working-Class Perspectives
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WCP: “People Ain’t Gonna Come to Work if They Don’t Feel Safe”
For many essential workers, the coronavirus pandemic presents an impossible choice: earn a living by risking your life or stay healthy but lose your income. In this week’s Working-Class Perspectives, Christopher R. Martin shares the view from Iowa, where meatpacking plants have high rates of infection.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Iowa’s Next Election: Bridging the Urban-Rural and Class Divide
Since the 2016 election of Donald Trump, many pundits have speculated about exactly what role rural and working-class voters had in his victory. In Working-Class Perspectives, Christopher R. Martin examines those theories in his home state of Iowa, and explores how education, income, and geography are correlated with counties that turned towards Trump in 2016.
Category: Visiting Scholars