Culture | The Guardian USJan 27
Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/27/richard-avedon-in-the-american-west-exhibition #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ClassIssues
Go west! Richard Avedon’s working class heroes – in pictures

From crying miners to birthday girls via a body therapist and a meat packer, portraits from Richard Avedon’s celebrated series In the American West are on show in a new exhibition curated by his granddaughter

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Culture | The Guardian USDec 11
‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/11/martin-parr-photography-british-life-class #Artanddesign #Photography #Exhibitions #Classissues #MartinParr #Worldnews #Culture #UKnews #France #USnews #Japan
‘Like a rock star’: the global reverence for Martin Parr’s class-conscious photography

Unfettered love for late photographer in France and elsewhere stands in contrast to occasional reservations in UK

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Opinion | The Guardian USSep 18, 2025
This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/sutton-trust-media-journalism-middle-upper-class-privilege #UniversityofCambridge #Newspapers&magazines #Oxbridgeandelitism #Nationalnewspapers #UniversityofOxford #Highereducation #Privateschools #Classissues #TheGuardian #Inequality #Newspapers #Education #Schools #Media #BBC
This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse

Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society, says Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy at the Sutton Trust

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 7, 2025
A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump #ZohranMamdani #Classissues #Inequality #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews
A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump

In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJul 31, 2025
Is this a dagger which I see before me, King Charles? | Brief letters https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/31/is-this-a-dagger-which-i-see-before-me-king-charles #Secondaryschools #Gardeningadvice #KingCharlesIII #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #Classissues #NigelFarage #Photography #Allotments #MartinParr #Inequality #Education #Monarchy #Politics #Cruises #Culture #Police #UKnews #Books
Is this a dagger which I see before me, King Charles?

Brief letters: Weapons and tools | Nigel Farage | Oracy in schools | Resomation | Voyaging’s not for me

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Opinion | The Guardian USJul 10, 2025
Oasis and Black Sabbath are filling stadiums. But where’s the next wave of working-class rock stars? | Dan Cave https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/oasis-black-sabbath-stadiums-working-class-rock-stars-music #BlackSabbath #Classissues #Popandrock #Inequality #Culture #UKnews #Oasis #Music #Indie #Metal
Oasis and Black Sabbath are filling stadiums. But where’s the next wave of working-class rock stars?

Ageing music legends are thriving, but we are making it too hard for young talent to break through, says freelance writer Dan Cave

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Culture | The Guardian USJul 7, 2025
The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists #Classissues #OscarWilde #HenryJames #Socialism #Theatre #Culture #Russia #Stage
The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics

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Climate crisis | The GuardianJun 9, 2025
Mothin Ali challenges Greens’ ‘middle class’ image as he enters deputy race https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/09/mothin-ali-challenges-greens-middle-class-image-as-he-enters-deputy-race #NorthofEngland #Climatecrisis #Classissues #Greenparty #Yorkshire #Politics #England #UKnews #Leeds #Wales
Mothin Ali challenges Greens’ ‘middle class’ image as he enters deputy race

Leeds councillor, who made headlines by intervening in 2024 riots, says climate crisis and cost of living affect all races and classes

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US news | The GuardianJun 4, 2025
‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/04/saying-trump-is-dangerous-is-not-enough-bernie-sanders-on-biden-billionaires-and-why-the-democrats-failed #Trumpadministration #BernieSanders #Classissues #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Inequality #Democrats #USeconomy #Richlists #Economics #Worldnews #Activism #Business #Society #USnews
‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed

The senator and twice Democratic presidential hopeful is on tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to build a new progressive movement. He reveals why he thinks Republicans are scared to speak up and what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024

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Opinion | The Guardian USMay 7, 2025
We can’t just be against Trump. It’s time for a bold, progressive populism | Robert Reich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/07/democrats-progressive-populism-trump #Trumpadministration #USsupremecourt #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Classissues #USpolitics #Democrats #Activism #Protest #USnews
We can’t just be against Trump. It’s time for a bold, progressive populism

A populist – anti-establishment – revolution was inevitable. But it didn’t have to be a tyrannical one

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