Impeachment Couldn’t Depose Trump. Working Class Politics Can.
As impeachment fades to a footnote, Trump’s most effective critics won’t be rehashing Ukraine. They’ll be organizing workers.
‘Deaths of Despair’ Rising for White Working Class
A new study points to rising hopelessness as a major driver of the declining health and life expectancy of working class white Americans.
Divisions of Labor: The New Struggles of the Working Class
New kinds of work require new ideas — and new ways of organizing.
Calling Working People of All Colors
The economic concerns of the white working class and people of color are more alike than different.
Help Spread the Word: #CanURetire
Help us spread the word about our latest report, “A Tale of Two Retirements: As Working Families Face Rising Retirement Insecurity, CEOs Enjoy Platinum Pensions.”
The American Dream Moved to Canada
We’re witnessing accelerating advantages for the affluent and compounding disadvantages for everyone else.
We Should Take a Lesson from the Nordic Countries on Inequality
George Lakey’s new book, Viking Economics explains how the Nordic countries achieved their egalitarian society and high standard of living by addressing inequality.
Who and Where are America’s Working Poor?
Almost half of U.S. workers earn less than $15 an hour. This new report details their struggles.
You Just Got ‘Richsplained’
A millionaire’s attempt to explain why he’s better than you falls flat.
Author Event: Missing Class
Participate in a dynamic and participatory workshop with a book signing about “Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures,” and hosted by the Institute for Policy Studies’ Inequality and the Common Good project and others.
Film: Wal-Mart; The High Cost of Low Price
Walmart has plans to establish four stores in DC by 2012. Notorious for threatening small businesses, causing the loss of more jobs, and bringing lower wage standards for all workers to communities, concerned District of Columbia citizens and social justice advocates are coming together to spread the news and resist the potentially disastrous implications for the District of Columbia.
The Battle for Thailand
A state of civil war exists in Thailand, reports columnist Walden Bello, and it has much to do with class.
"The Wrestler": An American Tragedy
“The Wrestler” offers a fitting parable for the USA in 2009. Mickey Rourke’s character, like much of low income America, remains uncomplaining in distress.