When poverty is considered hopeless, America is condemned to permanent social division, becoming a nation of caste and class, divided by fences and gates and guards.

CNN: Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech

Before their first term was over, a bitter leadership race further divided the class, dissipating much of what was left of their solidarity.

CNN: By Ronald D. Elving, CQ Staff Writer

Ultimately, we may be on a course for divided theaters not by class, as was the Globe, but by habit, like separate train cars designated for smoking, eating and sleeping, depending on one's preference.

WSJ: Culture City: Eats and Tweets in the Seats