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Working-Class Hero Explains How to Save our “Wounded Colossus”
Bob Herbert had no childhood dreams of becoming a journalist. As he explained in a recent interview, he grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, in an African American family that he once described as “working-class with a middle-class sensibility.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, Kathy M. Newman
Tagged Bob Herbert, infrastructure, working-class jobs
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War, the Working Class, and the Media
The holidays are traditionally a time for reflection — looking back at the year nearly passed and forward to the one about to begin. I’ve been doing a lot reflecting as 2009 draws, mercifully, to a close and 2010 looms … Continue reading
Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, Leo Jennings, Working-class politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Bob Herbert, Charlie Wilson's War, Iraq, veterans, war, West Wing
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