When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.
Voters trusted President Donald Trump to handle the economy, but after eight months of wild and costly tariff policies, attacks on independent institutions like the Federal Reserve Board, and massive ...
new video loaded: The Working Class Has Shifted Left on ‘Virtually Everything’ transcript You’ve done a lot of work over the years on how different issue attitudes, different ideas have changed for ...
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 ...
In America, everyone is middle class. And if everyone is middle class, no one is middle class. There is, in fact, no universal definition, so it’s as much defined by education and cultural background ...
"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “The middle class is shrinking” might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to ...
Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party? Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class ...