Working class

Bruce Springsteen’s Redemption Song

Bruce Springsteen’s Redemption Song Bruce Springsteen’s Redemption Song

The musician delivers a flawed but exquisitely moving and detailed new memoir.

Dec 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Fight for 15

Why I’m Getting Arrested During Today’s National Day of Disruption Why I’m Getting Arrested During Today’s National Day of Disruption

In the age of Trump, the Fight for $15 offers a rare model of bravery, boldness, and solidarity.

Nov 29, 2016 / Brad Lander

Congressional Progessive Caucus

Taking It to the States Taking It to the States

State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.

Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump Supporters California

Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain

A lot of low-income voters believed Trump when he promised to make America great. They’re in for a rude awakening.

Nov 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Bernie Congress

Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism

‘We are not going silently into the night,’ says the senator. ‘The stakes are too high.’

Nov 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Economy Ohio

Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t.

Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests—and at least Republicans offer a persuasive story about why they are getting screwed.

Nov 17, 2016 / Kirk Noden

Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me

Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me

I watched election 2016 from Brooklyn, but I grew up a black girl in a small town.

Nov 16, 2016 / Erin Malone

White Trump Rally

The Dinosaur and the Billionaire The Dinosaur and the Billionaire

The Democratic Party must learn to confront the institutions and elites that produced blue-collar dispossession.

Nov 11, 2016 / Steve Fraser

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class Donald Trump Won on White-Male Resentment—but Don’t Confuse That With the Working Class

The numbers tell a different story.

Nov 10, 2016 / Monica Potts

Holiday hires

Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other Donald Trump Wants Working Americans to Fight Each Other

His strategy has been to pit the white working class against people of color. Let’s prove him wrong.

Nov 7, 2016 / George Goehl

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