How the tidal wave of disappearing colleges will reengineer America’s class system.
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Posted inNewsletter
Get Smart: Our Summer Reading Roundup
Here are some of our editors’ and reviewers’ top picks so far this year for policy and political nonfiction.
Posted inPodcast
Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future
Reckless tax and budget policies have stifled upward mobility for young and working-class Americans, says budget expert Eugene Steuerle.
Posted inNovember/December 2025
How the Democrats Can Play Offense
The November/December issue is here.
Posted inNewsletter
Kamala Harris Did Listen To Working-Class Voters. They Didn’t Listen To Trump.
One week later and the Democratic Party’s self-flagellation continues. “We don’t listen enough; we tell people what’s good for them,” scolded Senator Chris Murphy on X. “Listen to poor and rural people, men in crisis. Don’t decide for them.” “No one is listening to anything else you say if you try to talk them out […]
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Need to Apologize to Oliver Anthony
If Democrats want to regain working-class support, they need to listen to guys like him.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Are White Working Class Folks Tiring of Trump’s Act?
With 40 million Americans out of work, it’s even more apparent that you can’t run America like a reality show.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
Made in America
Trade deals like NAFTA have left behind the working class. But, disaffected workers don’t have to be an inevitable outcome of globalization.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why Andy Puzder Shouldn’t Run the Labor Department
He won’t protect working people.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What It Will Take to Create a Pluralistic Social Democracy
White working class men need to join forces with minorities and women.
