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Topic: The middle class

(Salon / Ilana Lidagoster)

Altitude sickness in the upwardly mobile

Justin Quarry
Donald Trump (AP/Dennis Van Tine)

This is what caused Trump

Robert Hennelly
Michael Savage (AP/John Storey)

The Michael Savage paradox

Robert Hennelly
Donald Trump (Reuters/Nati Harnik/AP/Photo montage by Salon)

I'm stranded in Trumplandia

Robert Hennelly
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-259645p1.html'>CURAphotography</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Inside the American apocalypse

Robert Hennelly
(Reuters/Max Rossi/Carlo Allegri/Photo montage by Salon)

Saving the middle class

Scott Timberg
(AP/Reuters/Mark Humphrey/Brendan Mcdermid/Rich Schultz/Photo montage by Salon)

America will die old and broke

Edwin Lyngar
(AP/Alan Diaz)

Sears is dying: Why it matters

Edward McClelland
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-287881p1.html'>Aaron Amat</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Bring back shushing librarians

Laura Miller
(Office of the Mayor)

Katie McDonough
Barack Obama (Reuters/Jason Reed)

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-338167p1.html'>Maksim Dubinsky</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

The robots are coming!

Michael Lind
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Jillian Rayfield

Richard Kirsch - Next New Deal

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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David Woolner - Next New Deal