“The stock market is near record highs, but working-class Americans (often defined as those without college degrees) continue to struggle. If you’re only a high school graduate, or worse, a dropout, work no longer pays. If the federal minimum wage in 1968 had kept up with inflation and productivity, it would now be $22 an hour. Instead, it’s $7.25.” Lot’s of enlightening (and upsetting) stats in this piece from Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn in the NYT: Who Killed the Knapp Family? “Across America, working-class people — including many of our friends — are dying of despair. And we’re still blaming the wrong people.”