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There, perhaps, is no moment in life when the difference in class is more apparent than when you are accused of a crime. The wealthy hire the best lawyer…
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Michigan’s economy is steadily becoming more "knowledge-based" than "factory-based." That means, in order to land a job and earn a decent salary, a…
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We’ve been reading all your comments on our Culture of Class series (If we haven’t heard from you tell us your thoughts).We’ve heard from people who have…
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Upward mobility: the idea that, if you work hard enough, you can climb the class ladder. It's part of the American Dream, right? That you can pull…
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When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn't earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad.Their dads were businessmen,…
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We've been talking a lot about class, what it means, and how we define it.We took a trip to St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. They’re called the Twin Cities,…
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Michigan’s only oil refinery is in the middle of a $2 billion dollar expansion project. Marathon Petroleum is expanding its refinery in southwest Detroit…
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When Governor Rick Snyder talks about education in the state, he doesn’t talk in terms of K-12 but rather P-20 education. He describes it as pre-natal…
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The country has been at war for the last decade, but less than one percent of the U.S. population has been on active military duty in that time.That’s a…
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All this week, we're looking at how social class plays out in our everyday lives. Most folks agree that you can't talk about class purely in terms of…