Archive: Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: From Paula Jones to Trailer Parks: Journalists’ Class Blind Spots

  Journalists who discuss class often rely on stereotypes and generalizations. As John Russo writes in this week's Working-Class Perspective post, that is partially attributed to the fact that so few

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brent Cunningham, John Russo, Journalism, Journalists, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Happy Valley: Cops, Killers, and Working-Class Community

  Happy Valley satisfies all of the Kalmanovitz criteria for a worthy television series: it has a perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it features engaging representations of working-class characters, a

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Community policing, Happy Valley, John Russo, Margaret Thatcher, Netflix, Nick Coles, Police, Sherry Linkon, television, TV series, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• CHATLANI: Intersections of Race and Class in the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS '17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are proud to host her blog posts on our website, including this thought

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: CIW, Class, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Environmental Justice, Race, Shalina Chatlani, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Class and the EU Referendum

  In June, UK citizens will decide whether their country will remain a member of the European Union. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Strangleman reflects on how working class voters in G

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Brexit, European Union, Jobs, John Russo, Migration, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Redefining the Working Class

  In this week's Working-Class Perspective post, John Russo and Sherry Linkon team up to call for an expanded understanding and updated definition of the working class. "Historians have argued that th

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Deindustrialization, John Russo, Sherry Linkon, WCP, 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: The Global Working Class in Art House Cinema

  Have you already finished House of Cards, Season Four? Want to learn about working-class culture around the globe but can't travel? In today's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield recommends ei

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Belgium, Cinema, Films, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Two Days One Night, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Now They Get It: Health, Class, and Economic Restructuring

  Recent studies showing a rise in death rates for the white, middle-aged individuals suggest a connection between economic insecurity and health. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, John Russo t

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Deindustrialization, Economic Insecurity, Health, John Russo, Mental Health, Middle Class, OSHA, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Losing More than a Paycheck: Race and Class Conflict in Two New Plays

  In the United States, we perceive deindustrialization to be behind us, but the recent closing of the Carrier plant in Indiana reminds us that industrialization is a continuing phenomenon. In this we

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Economic Inequality, Inequality, John Russo, Race, Reading, Sherry Linkon, Skeleton Crew, Sweat, Theater, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: A Date in a Diary

  The labor movement depends on our collective strength and solidarity, but it is built on the backs of giants willing to stand up for these principles. Geoff Revell, a long-time labor leader from Lon

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Geoff Revell, John Russo, Labor Leaders, London, Sherry Linkon, Tim Strangleman, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives