It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking Vermonters from all sorts of backgrounds for a series about money and class and privilege.
Explore the full series below.
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Irfan Sehic arrived to Vermont from Bosnia at age 17. In this installment of "What class are you?" he riffs on, and rips into, the American class system. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont. Ashton Allen runs community meals at the American Legion in Hardwick. In this episode he talks about how eating together can blur class lines and strengthen community ties. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont. In this story, former Vermont lawmaker John Rodgers talks about why so few working class people serve in the Legislature these days. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people she encounters around Vermont. In this installment, Erica talks with Kate, age 43, about how she managed to save up enough money to buy property in Vermont. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont. In this story, Montpelier attorney Mike Donofrio talks about what it means to be financially comfortable in a world of growing income inequality. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont. In this story, Kathleen Patrick of Derby talks about how elusive financial stability is. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman recently asked people she encountered in the Northeast Kingdom. In the final installment of a five-part series, we hear Ethan Perry of Orleans talk about working at Family Dollar, and the challenges of dreaming about a future when there's not always enough to eat now. -
This hour, host Connor Cyrus explores the idea of class in Vermont, how Vermonters understand it and talk about it, and the ways some are seeking to overcome class divisions. -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman recently asked people she encountered in the Northeast Kingdom. In the fourth of a five-part series, we hear 73-year-old Brownington logger and builder Jane Greenwood describe what it's like to straddle two classes: the "working class" and the "NPR class." -
"What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman recently asked people she encountered in the Northeast Kingdom. In the third story of a five-part series, we hear how Karen Shaw of Hardwick lives on a farm and describes herself as "agricultural class." She's angry all the time, and she doesn't see much hope for cultural and class reunification. She figures we should just split the country in two.
