working class

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• 4/10/2022
  

  After His Bequest to Boost the Laboring Class, Ben Franklin Would be Shocked by Today's "Innovation" Economy

  by Michael Meyer

  Shortly before his death, Benjamin Franklin placed a bet on American workers, endowing a fund to lend money to the tradesmen he thought essential to the country's health. His bequest remains in play today, though America has parted ways from his vision. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/2/2020
  

  Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice

  by Michael J. Sandel

  Joe Biden has a secret weapon in his bid for the presidency: He is the first Democratic nominee in 36 years without a degree from an Ivy League university. His campaign may test the pervasive belief that elite academic credentials are a necessity to govern.

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• SOURCE: LAWCHA
  6-22-16
  

  Racism and the “Working Class” in Media Coverage of U.S. Politics

  by Robyn Muncy

  The history of the term “working class” in American political conversations behooves us constantly to attend to the particular way the term is used.

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• 12-16-13
  

  White Men and Their Guns

  by Leonard Steinhorn

  When white men parade their firearms in public, it's not to deter crime, but to summon our deference.

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• SOURCE: Special to HNN
  1-10-13
  

  Ron Briley: Review of Robert O. Self's "All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s" (Hill and Wang, 2012)

  Ron Briley reviews books for the History News Network and is a history teacher and an assistant headmaster at Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, New Mexico.