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    A Stroll Through My Old (Formerly Segregated) Neighborhood

    JANUARY 19, 2012 7:35PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: segregation, working class, neighborhoods, glenmont, maryland, jim crow, environment, family

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    • 28 Ratings
    • 1746 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Quitting the Old Neighborhood

    AUGUST 22, 2011 7:06PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: meritocracy, working class, quitting, rustbelt, new york, mormons, tuscon, life after quitting, populism, working class, sunbelt, open call, arizona, nyc

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 726 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Att: American Workers...

    MAY 5, 2011 3:22PM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: politics, cartoons, grhaam sale, unemployment, jobs, working class, middle class, american workers

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    • 46 Ratings
    • 3622 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    SOCIAL SECURITY vs. SOCIAL PARASITES

    JANUARY 6, 2011 12:18PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: working-class, working class, poor, handicapped, elderly, poverty, progressive, corruption, bankster, bank, dlc, greenspan commission, greenspan, che, social security, social-security, populist, populism, galbraith, parasite, predator, corporatist, financier, wall-street, wall street, republican, greed

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 1240 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama & The Contradictions of American Education

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 10:16AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: barack obama, education, wages, working class, ideals, american dream

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    • 31 Ratings
    • 2531 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    The Ineffable Power Of “Fuck”

    JULY 8, 2009 10:25AM

    By Floyd Elliot


    Topics: fuck, words, dirty words, george carlin, class, social class, f-bomb, bourgeois, working class, middle class, humor, language, writing, speaking, english, south beach

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