Richard Rothstein is the author of Class and Schools, published jointly this spring by Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Economic Policy Institute (epinet.org). The 50th anniversary of ...

Understanding the effects of social class on people's attitudes, thoughts, feelings and behaviors could have valuable implications, as it could help to tailor social and behavioral interventions ...

The plot of the famous musical My Fair Lady is based on the idea that the way we speak determines our position in society. The main character, Eliza Doolittle, becomes the unwitting target of a bet ...

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be ...

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People of a higher social class think they are better than others, even when they're not. That's according to the authors of a new study. Researchers set out to answer whether men and women of a ...

Low social class has been identified as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in highly industrialized countries. The authors discuss the social class concept in relation to psychosocial working ...

Social class can be hard to discern when billionaires wear hoodies and work late into the night instead of dressing resplendently and lounging poolside like the wealthy of the past. But people are as ...

In season four of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” Paul Rudd plays a wealthy businessman named Bobby Newport who runs for city council because he’s looking for something “easy” to do. He is asked during ...