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Middle class
Middle class news and analysis from The Nation
August 11, 2017
When parties are in the wilderness, they need a healthy debate about ideals.
July 11, 2017
The populist temper of the time is rousing citizens across the country. Politics as usual won’t suffice anymore.
July 3, 2017
In a new book, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the ultra-wealthy, are making our society profoundly unequal.
April 14, 2017
How Trump won, and why Clinton lost.
March 15, 2017
Regaining the trust of working-class voters who supported Trump will take more than opposition—it will take a real commitment to addressing the challenges that working people face.
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November 22, 2016
State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.
November 16, 2016
I watched election 2016 from Brooklyn, but I grew up a black girl in a small town.
October 25, 2016
It will be a political and moral imperative for Democrats to start paying attention to many of Trump’s supporters and working to advance an inclusive populism that gives them hope for their future.
August 17, 2016
Though it’s often overlooked, suburban poverty has risen sharply.
July 29, 2016
The senator from Ohio is the real deal. And that made his convention criticism of Donald Trump exceptionally authentic and effective.
