President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.. Trump’s promises to working-class voters diverge from his policies. President Trump played a con on working-class Americans ...

The working class, a large majority of the workforce and its most racially and ethnically diverse group, faces low pay and higher unemployment. Many policymakers today claim to speak for the struggles ...

I’m as delighted as the next guy that the MAGA cult is tearing itself apart over an Epstein client list that probably doesn’t exist. But only about half of all Republicans identify as MAGA, and within ...

The reasons for the erosion of Democratic Party support within the American working class is a topic on which seemingly everyone has an opinion. It has renewed the debate between the left and the ...

Some wear red hats at political rallies, while others wear blue T-shirts at union protests. Deep down, they’re fighting for a shot at an American Dream that now feels more like a mirage. Whether it’s ...

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it. Ad Policy Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a full auditorium as ...

I first heard the phrase “cash for class” in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, where he talks about the several factors that determine a person’s success beyond the usual suspects like talent, hard ...

Mr. Kuhn, a producer of the forthcoming PBS documentary “Hard Hat Riot,” is the author of “The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution.” Democrats are ...

Outside of literal language development and nonverbal communication — both of which tend to be influenced by poverty and income level, according to a study from the University of Michigan — there are ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...