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Social Class and the College Choices of High School Valedictorians

Lisa Wade | Posted 05.17.2013 | College
Lisa Wade

For the parents out there, it's a good idea to push past our own comfort zones when thinking about what might be possible for our kids.

When Classes Collide: Workers and Guests at High End Hotels

Lisa Wade | Posted 04.24.2013 | Travel
Lisa Wade

Rachel Sherman's new book, Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels observes that workers and guests often minimize class differences between them, even by enacting relationships strongly structured by their relative privilege.

Don't Want to Be the Model Minority for the American Dream

Erika L. Sánchez | Posted 04.16.2013 | Latino Voices
Erika L. Sánchez

I don't want to be anyone's token Mexican. I was lucky that pieces of my life were aligned in such a way that I was able to pursue my goals. Success doesn't just happen -- it's a delicate recipe that requires certain ingredients to work. You can't overcome the system when you're not a part of it.

Angela Davis, Education and the Meaning of Freedom

Henry A. Giroux | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Henry A. Giroux

We have a lot to learn from her work, her struggles over the last few decades, her humility and bristling intelligence, and her insistence that pedagogy is the formative basis of not just dissent, but collective struggle.

The Rich Are Differently Moral

Matthew Hutson | Posted 04.05.2013 | Science
Matthew Hutson

New research shows that upper-class people have less empathy than lower-class people, but that sometimes this can lead them to do the most good for the most people when their bleeding-heart compatriots won't.

Marriage Equality And The New American Caste System

Sean Santiago | Posted 03.25.2013 | Gay Voices
Sean Santiago

As a young gay male looking for LGBT success stories in the media, I have to wonder if the success of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge is really a victory for a collective "us." My fear is that the media will exploit their story as something more representative of LGBT issues than it really is.

An 'Unpremeditated Cultural Clash'

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.20.2013 | Arts
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Knock Out Film Debut from MTO: "FL: Unpremeditated Movie" A brand new homemade documentary film by French street artist MTO shows off his aerosol and...

The Illusion of Need-Blind Admission

The Brown Daily Herald | Posted 05.13.2013 | College
The Brown Daily Herald

According to the Admission Office, officers do not have access to financial aid materials for applicants, so they do not have explicit information concerning an applicant's financial situation. Too bad this system can only work in theory.

Class Privilege and Parental Leave

Lisa Wade | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents
Lisa Wade

Without state support for early parenting, being present in those precious early months is a class-based privilege, one that ultimately exacerbates the very class disadvantage that creates unequal access to the luxury of parenting in the first place.

Let's Talk About Class

The European Magazine | Posted 04.09.2013 | World
The European Magazine

America likes to talk about race, but not about class.

Race and Class After the Election: Talking With LGBT Activist Urvashi Vaid

Christopher Carbone | Posted 02.19.2013 | Gay Voices
Christopher Carbone

Like many LGBT Americans, longtime activist Urvashi Vaid woke up on Nov. 7 with a smile on her face. Vaid, the former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, spoke with me about the class and race-based issues that get left out of mainstream conversations.

Dems Must Add Class Issues to Story of Election

Ira Chernus | Posted 01.13.2013 | Politics
Ira Chernus

It's always been taboo in America to talk about class. The Democrats are just beginning to talk about the divide between the rich and the rest of us. It's another big step to talk about the differences between those above and below the median income.

Affirmative Action: Race vs. Class

Allessandra Bradley-Burns | Posted 12.15.2012 | Politics
Allessandra Bradley-Burns

Affirmative Action is not only made to change the make up of who gets invited, it is most powerful in its ability to change the lens through which we look at one another.

ReThink Review: Wuthering Heights - Modernized Classic

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.05.2012 | Entertainment
Jonathan Kim

Oscar-winner Andrea Arnold has pulled off something very special with her adaptation of Emily Brontë's literary classic Wuthering Heights -- she's made a story that's over 150 years old feel modern without modernizing it.

Is Casting Aside Caste Possible? Can One Reclassify Class?

Deepak Sarma | Posted 11.28.2012 | Religion
Deepak Sarma

Self-proclaimed Hindus ought to have a position on the centrality of class and caste. While Hinduism is known for its tremendous diversity, for "Hindu" to be useful category, there has to be some religious claims and teachings that are agreed upon by all who proclaim to be Hindus.

Fighting the Transformation From Mellow Summer Mom to School-Year Shrew, With Help From Madeline Levine

Linda Flanagan | Posted 11.12.2012 | Parents
Linda Flanagan

Like the werewolf who senses his impending transformation, I am fighting to keep that awful nagging wench from devouring mellow summer Mom. Fortunately for me, child psychologist and author Madeline Levine, who wrote The Price of Privilege, recently came out with a worthy sequel.

Is Money Affecting Your Friendships?

tv | Posted 09.06.2012 | Teen

Samantha*, 21, from Tacoma, always appeared to be one of the richest girls at her high school. She had stylish clothes, took violin lessons, and had l...

My Tirade Against Hipsters

Erika L. Sánchez | Posted 10.20.2012 | Latino Voices
Erika L. Sánchez

What exactly is a hipster? The definition seems to be very fluid; it can range from a V-neck wearing jerk with abysmal hygiene to a wannabe poindexter with thick-rimmed old timey glasses to a cretin with a braided handlebar mustache.

Student Debt Has Impacts Before Graduation

Rachel Alexander | Posted 09.23.2012 | College
Rachel Alexander

College should be a time to learn, soak in opportunities, try new things and explore. If we continue to have an education system where the average undergraduate takes on $23,300 in debt before graduating, that dream will only be accessible to a privileged minority.

10 College Classes You WISH Your University Offered

Kinne Chapin | Posted 09.23.2012 | College
Kinne Chapin

Women in American Popular Comedy: That's right, SNL fans. Colby offers a course where you are encouraged to watch clips of Tina Fey proclaiming that she can see Russia from her house.

Romney, Obama, and Personal History

Jesse Larner | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
Jesse Larner

The Republicans seem to think that Mitt Romney's personal history better prepares him for the office. Because he made hundreds of millions of dollars in business. But what did Romney do, really?

Can Schools Spur Social Mobility?

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 09.10.2012 | Home
Michael J. Petrilli

One big idea animates virtually all of today's earnest education reformers is the conviction that great schools can spur social mobility. And then Charles Murray comes along and throws cold water all over the idea.

Contingent, Transient and at Risk: Modern Workers in a Gig Economy

Richard Greenwald | Posted 08.25.2012 | Business
Richard Greenwald

This transformation of the American workplace will be as profound for 21st century as the Industrial Revolution's shift from farms to factories was for the 19th century.

Generational Warfare

Jeremy White | Posted 07.04.2012 | Politics
Jeremy White

The true problem we are experiencing today is not a case of the pleebs versus the aristocracy but is in fact a form of generational warfare.

Remembering Revolution: A Few Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Riots/Uprising.

Javon Johnson | Posted 07.02.2012 | Black Voices
Javon Johnson

As we reflect on the 20th anniversary of one of the most significant human events in recent history, many are asking if we are better off now than just two decades before. While I understand the impetus for this kind of thinking, the question is far too simplistic.