Rock Creek, Montana More is changing on the creek than the climate, it would seem. Having just finished Nancy Isenberg’s White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, I found her whispering in my ear as I tried to get my arms around the changing scene in this beautiful spot, where I’ve found …
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Class in America – It’s Every Where!
Rock Creek, Montana Even in this age of fierce and abiding inequality and concentration of wealth, in the United States we undoubtedly have more “class deniers,” than we have “climate deniers.” LSU Professor Nancy Isenberg is fearless and uncompromising in her determination to call as many of them out as she can in her book, …
Race and Class are Often Matters of Perspective
New Orleans It’s hard to find many people who live and die for the Academy Awards. This is an industry show where plaques are given out much like the ones you might find at the Hardware Dealers’ or Plumbers Friends Conventions in a side ballroom in some off-the-strip Las Vegas casino hotel. It’s very, very …