Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence
Wouldn’t it be better to build with the membership a vision that puts working people in the center of the economy rather than as an afterthought of trickle-down two-party politics?
‘Statistics are Human Beings with the Tears Wiped Away’
The counter-top manufacturing industry doesn’t want to protect workers from harm; it wants protection from the workers it harms.
J. D. Vance Kicks the Dog
J.D. Vance aspires to be the captain of the MAGA team when Trump moves on.
Will Trump Invade Norway Too?
Nobody knows where our ship is sailing, including our current captain. That makes for a very dangerous, bellicose world.
Do the Democrats Have the Guts to Outflank Trump on Defense Industry Looting?
The failure to rigorously defend working people over the last forty years against needless mass layoffs may be why so many voters right now are willing to consider a new…
Raining on Mamdani’s Parade?
Mamdani’s youth, charisma, humor, and incredible organizational skills led to this remarkable achievement. He worked hard and he earned it, and so did the many progressive groups that went all…
It’s Open Season on Public Sector Workers
Seven hundred and thirty thousand public sector employees are working without pay while another 670,000 have been furloughed. Working people of all shades, shapes, and sizes are suffering collateral damage.
Democrats: Dumb and Dumber?
Help me out here: What is the Democrats’ logic?
The Great Blue Hope: Can Mamdani and Company Save the Democratic Party?
The quest for the next charismatic leader is like looking for love in all the wrong places.
Les Leopold: The Rust Belt Survey
The survey was designed by the Center for Working Class Politics, the Rutgers LEARN labor education program, and the Labor Institute, where I work.
Labor Day Special: Trump Goes Socialist
Now President Trump is taking it to the next level by acquiring 10 percent of Intel’s stock in exchange for the $8.9 billion the government is providing the company via…
The Democrats’ Death Wish?
What is the Democratic Party vision for our country?
Is AI Crippling Our Imaginations?
Leveraged buyouts and stock buybacks have been killing tens of millions of jobs, not AI.
Why Progressive Democrats Should Welcome, Not Fear, an Independent Populist Party
Many union leaders continue the ritual, pushing union voters toward the Democrats while praying that nearly half their members who vote the other way won’t rebel. It isn’t working.
Does Trump Have White Working-Class Support for Deporting Undocumented Workers?
As Trump stokes conflict at immigration demonstrations, will the public side with Trump or the demonstrators?