1. Class & Economy as Practices of Power: Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel & Dimed

2. Intersectionality An interlocking matrix of power
The specific point at which an individual exists within an architecture of power
Race, gender, class, nationality, religious affiliation, ability, sexual orientation, etc. etc. etc.
Foucault: “a series of mechanisms for unbalancing power relations definitively and everywhere; hence the persistence in regarding them as the humble, but concrete form of every morality, whereas they are a set of physico-political techniques.” (223)

4. Demographic characteristics of poverty-level-wage workers vs
Demographic characteristics of poverty-level-wage workers vs. non-poverty-level-wage workers, 2011

5. Share of entering classes at top universities and community colleges coming from families in various socioeconomic fourths
Source: Economic Policy Institute

6. Share of children in the bottom income fourth ending up in either the bottom or top income fourth as adults, by race