It's a question that Vermont Public 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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Ashley Messier on the cycle of poverty and abuse, and the challenge of getting out without resourcesIn 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.
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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?"
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Vermont Edition shares the last installment of Vermont Public's occasional series called ‘What Class Are You?’, where reporter Erica Heilman drives around Vermont and talks with people from all sorts of backgrounds about money and privilege.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"What class are you?" It's a question that Vermont Public 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.
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"What class are you?" It's a question that Vermont Public 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.
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"What class are you?" It's a question that Vermont Public 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.
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"What class are you?" It's a question that Vermont Public 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.