What class are you? /tags/what-class-are-you What class are you? en-US 开云体育 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT Tankhun Thongjunthoug on growing up in an immigrant family in the American class system /local-news/2024-12-20/tankhun-thongjunthoug-on-growing-up-in-an-immigrant-family-in-the-american-class-system In this episode of "What class are you?" Tankhun Thongjunthoug talks about what it was like to grow up in an immigrant family, and how he experienced the undercurrents of the American class system. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-20/tankhun-thongjunthoug-on-growing-up-in-an-immigrant-family-in-the-american-class-system Erica Heilman Mark LaRouche prefers life in 'the lower class', but says it's hard to make a life without resources /local-news/2024-12-19/mark-larouche-prefers-life-in-the-lower-class-but-says-its-hard-to-make-a-life-without-resources "What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont, and this is the fourth installment of a new five-part series. Mark LaRouche grew up in a middle class family in Rutland, but says he prefers "the lower class," and he believes that addiction is the hardest class of all. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-19/mark-larouche-prefers-life-in-the-lower-class-but-says-its-hard-to-make-a-life-without-resources Erica Heilman Katrin Tchana on growing up in the Upper Valley and the sorting by class that happens in school /local-news/2024-12-18/katrin-tchana-lyme-new-hampshire-upper-valley-sorting-by-class-school Reporter Erica Heilman talked with Katrin Tchana about her childhood in Lyme, New Hampshire, and how it has become increasingly difficult for people who grew up there to remain. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-18/katrin-tchana-lyme-new-hampshire-upper-valley-sorting-by-class-school Erica Heilman Retired VSP trooper Ingrid Jonas on the class implications of being a cop /local-news/2024-12-17/retired-vsp-trooper-ingrid-jonas-class-implications-being-a-cop Retired Vermont State Police trooper Ingrid Jonas talks about class assumptions in law enforcement 鈥� and expensive condiments. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-17/retired-vsp-trooper-ingrid-jonas-class-implications-being-a-cop Erica Heilman Porta-Rinx inventor Damian Renzello on white collar vs. blue collar life /local-news/2024-12-16/porta-rinx-inventor-damian-renzello-on-white-collar-vs-blue-collar-reality Damian Renzello and reporter Erica Heilman are the same age and both grew up in Vermont. But according to Damian, they will always be different fruits. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-16/porta-rinx-inventor-damian-renzello-on-white-collar-vs-blue-collar-reality Erica Heilman Ashley Messier on the cycle of poverty and abuse, and the challenge of getting out without resources /local-news/2024-01-19/ashley-messier-on-the-cycle-of-poverty-and-abuse-and-the-challenge-of-getting-out-without-resources In this installment of "What class are you," Ashley Messier talks about growing up in Essex with an abusive father and with little money, and how she found herself repeating the cycle in early adulthood. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-19/ashley-messier-on-the-cycle-of-poverty-and-abuse-and-the-challenge-of-getting-out-without-resources Erica Heilman Susan Randall on the unspoken privileges of growing up upper middle class /local-news/2024-01-18/susan-randall-on-the-unspoken-privileges-of-growing-up-upper-middle-class Private investigator Susan Randall talks with reporter Erica Heilman about the privileges of growing up upper middle class in this episode of "What class are you?" Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:02:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-18/susan-randall-on-the-unspoken-privileges-of-growing-up-upper-middle-class Erica Heilman Talking class, money and privilege in the 'What class are you?' series /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-18/talking-class-money-and-privilege-in-the-what-class-are-you-series Vermont Edition shares the last installment of 开云体育's occasional series called 鈥榃hat Class Are You?鈥�, where reporter Erica Heilman drives around Vermont and talks with people from all sorts of backgrounds about money and privilege. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:00:00 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-18/talking-class-money-and-privilege-in-the-what-class-are-you-series Mikaela Lefrak, Erica Heilman Writer Garret Keizer on how we discuss inequity: We change the language, but not the conditions /local-news/2024-01-18/writer-garret-keizer-on-how-we-discuss-inequity-we-change-the-language-but-not-the-conditions In this installment of "What class are you?" writer Garret Keizer discusses what happens when we address issues of race and gender equity, but we ignore income inequality. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-18/writer-garret-keizer-on-how-we-discuss-inequity-we-change-the-language-but-not-the-conditions Erica Heilman Stephanie Robtoy on growing up in a family from 'below the tracks,' and trying to achieve security /local-news/2024-01-17/stephanie-robtoy-on-growing-up-in-a-family-from-below-the-tracks-and-trying-to-achieve-security In this installment of "What class are you?" St. Albans resident Stephanie Robtoy talks about the stigma of poverty, and the possibility offered by recovery. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-17/stephanie-robtoy-on-growing-up-in-a-family-from-below-the-tracks-and-trying-to-achieve-security Erica Heilman