Biography: Victor Tan Chen is the founding editor and president of INTHEFRAY Magazine (http://inthefray.org/), an award-winning publication that seeks to question, inform, and inspire conversations about identity and community. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Newsday and the Minority Law Journal, and in the book Chutes and Ladders. He is a Harvard doctoral candidate in sociology and social policy.

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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America Authors: Katherine Newman, Victor Tan Chen   Foreword by: Senator John Edwards Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $24.95 In stock.

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The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America Authors: Katherine Newman, Victor Tan Chen   Foreword by: Senator John Edwards Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $15.00 In stock. The Missing Class is an urgent and timely exploration that describes-through the experiences of nine families-the unique problems faced by this growing class of people who are neither working poor nor middle class. Katherine Newman and Victor Tan Chen trace where these families came from, how they've struggled to make a decent living, and why they're stuck without a safety net.

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