Archive: Jack Metzgar

• WCP: Classing the Resistance

  The resistance movement of 2017 has inspired mass mobilization across the country, but it has not yet emphasized social class or economic justice. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sherry Li

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Donald Trump, Economic Justice, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Resist, Resistance Movement, Sherry Linkon, Social Class, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Engaging the Unreachables

  Since the dust from this election settled, many have reflected on the extent of their own participation in the process. This Working-Class Perspective features Jack Metzgar expressing regret for not

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Andrew Levinson, Deindustrialization, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Presidential Election, Rust Belt, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: White Trash, Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes

  Why is it that every U.S. presidential election brings a renewed focus on the white working class? Two new books that shed light on this otherwise neglected demographic - White Trash: The 400-Year U

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Hillbilly Elegy, Jack Metzgar, JD Vance, John Russo, Nancy Isenberg, Poverty, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Trash, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Chasing Tax Cheats to Create Jobs: Why Don’t We Do That?

  Each year $400 billion in personal and business taxes are left uncollected due to inadequate enforcement capacity. Hiring more IRS auditors is both good policy and good politics, writes Jack Metzgar

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Economic Justice, Infrastructure, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jack Metzgar, Jacob Hacker, John Russo, Paul Pierson, Sherry Linkon, Tax Justice, Tax Policy, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Parts and Wholes: Unpacking Reports of White Working-Class Death Rates

  A study finding increased mortality for the white working-class drew a lot of attention last fall. Yet as Jack Metzgar demonstrates in this week's Working-Class Perspectives post, the focus on race

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Death rates, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Life expectancy, Mortality, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Misrepresenting the White Working Class: What the Narrating Class Gets Wrong

  Each election season brings a stream of punditry about the white working class. As Jack Metzgar observes in this week's Working-Class Perspective, commentators try to explain their voting patterns b

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Connie Schultz, Donald Trump, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Sarah Palin, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Organizing Miracles

  What motivates people to risk their comfort and safety to confront oppression? How can organizing foster a movement that leads to major change? In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metzgar

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Church, East Germany, Jack Metzgar, Leipzig, Nonviolence, Organizing, Protest, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Class War and Tax Policy

  When it comes to tax policy, details matter. Yet candidates often get away with misrepresenting the economic impact of their preferred policies. In this week's Working-Class Perspectives post, Jack

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Citizens for Tax Justice, Jack Metzgar, Marco Rubio, Republicans, Statistics, Tax Foundation, Tax Policy, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Human Tumbleweeds, Insecurity Culture, and the American Working Class

  The renowned Working-Class Perspectives blog is brought to you by our Visiting Scholar for the 2015-16 academic year, John Russo, and Georgetown University English professor, Sherry Linkon. Today's

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Allison Pugh, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Visiting Scholars, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives