Tag Archives: infrastructure

Dirty Jobs, Essential Workers, and the Infrastructure Bills

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

Current negotiations over the second infrastructure bill may remind a lot of people of Mike Rowe’s oddly popular series Dirty Jobs.  Which makes sense.  Watching a man stumble around inside a sewage tank as he gags loudly and directs us … Continue reading →

Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Issues, James V. Catano, The Working Class and the Economy, Work | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Class and Water: Climate-Charged Displacement

Posted on October 11, 2021 by wcp2019

Hurricane Ida in Louisiana in August and the historic wildfires in the West and Midwest are the latest reminders that too much water, or too little, will be in the headlines for the rest of our lives. But to call … Continue reading →

Posted in Contributors, Issues, Ken Estey, The Working Class and the Economy | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

What the World Needs Now

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Working-Class Perspectives

What the world needs now is some answers to our problems,… it looks as though faith alone won’t sustain us anymore. – Bad Religion Last year was a disaster that many did not survive. Many of us will carry deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Allison L. Hurst, Contributors, Issues, The Working Class and the Economy, Working-Class Politics | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Working-Class Hero Explains How to Save our “Wounded Colossus”

Posted on October 6, 2014 by knewman4

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 , , | 2 Comments