American Social Classes

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    • The Demise of the Middle Class—and How to Rescue Our Future
    • By: Thom Hartmann
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 12-31-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • America's most popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author explores the fall of the American Dream and the steps we can take to bring it back.

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    • The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
    • By: Chris Hedges
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 285 ratings
    • We now live in two Americas. One - now the minority - functions in a print-based, literate world that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other - the majority - is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic....

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    • How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
    • By: Reverend Dr. William Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove - contributor
    • Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, a leading advocate for the rights of the poor. addresses in White Poverty, a hugely neglected subject that just might provide the key to mitigating racism and bringing together tens of millions of working class and impoverished Americans.

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    • The Collapse and Revival of American Community
    • By: Robert D. Putnam
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 18 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 12-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 400 ratings
    • Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another ....

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    • A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich
    • By: Robert Frank
    • Narrated by: Dick Hill
    • Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 206 ratings
    • The rich have always been different from you and me, but this revealing and funny journey through Richistan entertainingly shows that they are more different than ever....

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    • Race, Class and Sex at the Movies
    • By: Bell Hooks
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Movies matter—that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences, and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues....

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    • Poverty and Profit in the American City
    • By: Matthew Desmond
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,017 ratings
    • In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads....

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    • What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
    • By: Heather McGhee
    • Narrated by: Heather McGhee
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3,761 ratings
    • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color....

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    • A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
    • By: Jeff Hobbs
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 09-23-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,932 ratings
    • A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets....

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    • Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America
    • By: Ian Haney López
    • Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 02-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • For the past two years, Haney Lopez has been collaborating with a research team of union activists, racial justice leaders, communications specialists, and pollsters. Based on conversations, interviews, and surveys with thousands of people, the team found a way forward....

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    • A New Working History of the American Way of Life
    • By: Adam Chandler
    • Narrated by: Adam Chandler
    • Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • 99% Perspiration unpacks the misguided obsession with hard work that has come to define both the American dream and nightmare, offering insight into how we got here and hope for where we may go.

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    • Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises
    • By: Jodie Adams Kirshner, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Broke looks at what municipal distress means, not just on paper but in practical - and personal - terms....

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    • Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
    • By: Arlie Russell Hochschild
    • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • In her first book since the widely acclaimed Strangers in Their Own Land, National Book Award finalist and best-selling author Arlie Russell Hochschild now ventures to Appalachia, uncovering the "pride paradox" that has given the right's appeals such resonance.

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    • A Culture of Place
    • By: Bell Hooks
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which renowned cultural critic Bell Hooks moves from place to place, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home....

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    • The American Dream in Crisis
    • By: Robert D. Putnam
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 451 ratings
    • It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success....

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    • How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream
    • By: Arianna Huffington
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
    • The United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation. The evidence is all around us....

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    • Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class
    • By: Thom Hartmann
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 184 ratings
    • Billionaire oligarchs want to own our republic, and they’re nearly there, thanks to legislation and Supreme Court decisions that they have essentially bought....

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    • A Visual History of the Impact of Racism in America
    • By: Living Cities, Aminah Pilgrim
    • Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 01-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Discover how - and why - Black, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus’ arrival in 1492 to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter movement....

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    • Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich (The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series)
    • By: Thom Hartmann
    • Narrated by: Sean Pratt
    • Series: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
    • Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 07-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • Popular progressive radio host and New York Times best-selling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to establish affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality....

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    • What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
    • By: Michele Norris
    • Narrated by: Michele Norris, full cast
    • Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 01-16-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • Peabody Award-winning journalist Michele Norris offers a transformative dialogue on race and identity in America, unearthed through her decade-long work at The Race Card Project....

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