Robert Scheer and Thomas Frank on Democrats’ Shift Away From Addressing Inequality (Audio)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 24, 2016 In this repost, Truthdig Editor in Chief Scheer interviews the author to discuss his new book, "Listen, Liberal," about how the Democrat Party abandoned the American working class. (Frank will join Scheer in Los Angeles on Oct. 30 for a public discussion about the upcoming presidential election and Frank’s book. See the jump for more information.) Transcript added. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

Behind the Scenes at ‘Rising Up With Sonali’

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2016 Get a glimpse of the two-woman operation behind "Rising Up With Sonali," the daily radio and television show hosted by Truthdig columnist Sonali Kolhatkar and broadcast online and on KPFK. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Minimum Wage, Minimum Chance: On Being Nickel-and-Dimed in 2016

By Peter Van Buren / TomDispatch Feb 16, 2016 When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about the minimum wage and food stamps, what are they really talking about? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Hidden and Deadly Bias of Class

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 12, 2015 White working-class voters have been a key building block of the Republican coalition since the rise of the Reagan Democrats 35 years ago. You would think that the party's presidential candidates would want to respond to the heartbreaking crisis these Americans are facing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why the Real Labor Day Is May 1

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 Whereas May Day "celebrates the historic power of the working class to oppose its oppression and fundamentally alter society … Labor Day is just another legacy of worker defeat," writes Jonah Walters in Jacobin magazine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘Gentrification’s Ground Zero’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 28, 2015 In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, many of New Orleans' low-income black residents have been displaced, with gentrification entailing a dramatic transformation of the city's class structure and cultural identity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Princeton Study Uses the ‘O’ Word to Describe American Politics

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 17, 2015 This won't come as a total shock, but there's some new hard data to back up what we already suspect anecdotally: Our democracy is really an oligarchy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lives on the Boundary: Education and Inequality

Mike Rose / Truthdig Nov 18, 2014 What is the relation of social class and inequality to achievement, and the purpose of education in a democratic society? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wearable Technology or Identity Reassignment?: Renee Zellweger’s and Tameka Harris’ Transformations

Marcia Alesan Dawkins / Truthdig Nov 1, 2014 Zellweger and Harris are teaching us a couple of lessons about how identity looks and feels in our techno-driven world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Third Lens: Why Awareness of Class Cultures Can Strengthen Movements for Social Change

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig May 23, 2014 Bringing a class analysis to our understanding of privilege can help make sense of a broad range of experiences. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bury My Clothes

By Lisa Pasold Apr 25, 2014 For National Poetry Month, we look at Roger Bonair-Agard's meditation on survival, race and establishing personhood in a world that says you have none. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Brazil’s Leaders Set Lower and Middle Classes Against Each Other

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 9, 2014 "In Brazil there is a saying: 'A good thief is a dead thief,' " journalist Nicole Froio writes at The Guardian. "These words have never been more relevant in today's Brazilian class-ridden landscape, where prejudice, violence and racism run free." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )