16 The rise of the right and the decline of the working class

  • Primary Source Video: Ronald Reagan, “Morning in America” ad, 1984.
  • Primary Source Video: Christian Coalition recruitment video, “American at a Crossroads,” 1990.
  • Secondary Source Text: “Wage stagnation in nine charts,” 2015 (Or, why our students feel they will be stuck living at home forever).
  • Documentary: Inside Job, 2010 documentary with Matt Damon on 2008 financial crisis.
  • Documentary: 13th, Ava Duvernay documentary tracing the history of mass incarceration.

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