Whitewashing the Working Class
Six essays consider the emotion, economic power, racial animus, alienation, anti-elitism, and exploitation of the “white working class”—and how it all fit into the 2016 election. Read More
inequality
Measuring Race to Measure Inequality
Conversations about racial classifications—who is what—typically center around self-identification, and social scientists try to write survey questions that properly capture it. But how we measure … Read More
Desperation and Service in the Bail Industry
I cold-called Bettie.* Her son, Terrance, had a warrant for a serious crime, and he had turned himself in to the local jail. I’d called Bettie … Read More
Cobesity
Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked … Read More
Obesity, Gender, and Immigrant Generations
People with lower income and education have poorer health outcomes in general. But health status and mortality rates among Hispanics and Latinos don’t follow the … Read More
Chump Change
In truth, poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the … Read More
Scorn Wars: Rural White People and Us
Nina Eliasoph on The Politics of Resentment, Strangers in Their Own Land, and Hillbilly elegy. Read More
Race and Rachel Doležal: An Interview
In June 2015, I got an email from a California radio station asking me for an interview about a person I had never heard of: … Read More
Screening Therapy Clients by Race and Class
Class biases among providers add to the care barrier for already underserved populations. Read More
Class Mobility Goes Way Back
The status of grandfathers’ and great-grandfathers’ influenced the status attainment of later generations of men. Read More
