Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women -- Batya U

<p><b><i>Second Class</i> is the most important book you will read all year. A political realignment is coming, and it's my hope that the end result will work in favor of our all-too-neglected American working class. When that realignment comes, Batya and her book will help lead the way.</b></p><p><b>-- Greg Lukianoff, CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and co-author of <i>The Coddling of the American Mind</i></b></p><br></p>Who is the American working class? Do they still have a fair shot at the American Dream? What do they think about their chances to secure the hallmarks of a middle-class life?</p> </p>While writing this book, Batya Ungar-Sargon visited states across the nation to speak with members of the American working-class fighting tooth and nail to survive. In <i>Second Class, </i>working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories--cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives--as well as what policies they think would improve them. <i>Second Class</i> combines deep reporting with a look at the data and expert opinion on America's emergent class divide, in which the most basic elements of a secure and stable life are increasingly out of reach for those without a college education.</p> </p>America has broken its contract w