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?
No Tax on Tips: Too Taxing for Dems
How did Cruz, of all people, take this issue away from the Democrats, the once so-called party of the working class?
Voters Strongly Support Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants
Why Aren’t the Democrats Pushing it?
Mayday! Mayday! Are the Trump Tariffs Killing 20,000 UPS Jobs?
Or maybe it's Wall Street and the Democrats?
Bonds Away!
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Bond Prices and Vigilantes, and Why Trump Flinched.
Why Aren’t You Supporting the Trump Tariffs?
If you don’t like the Trump tariffs and you don’t support the UAW’s position, then what is a progressive position on trade?
Les Leopold: Identity Politics and Its Discontents
Should progressives deploy the concept of "white privilege" to build and deepen a movement for economic and racial justice?
The Billionaires Have Two Parties: We Need One of Our Own
Workers have been voting with their feet, while the Democrats have been marching in the other direction.
Democrats to the Working Class: Good Riddance!
Startling Advice from Fareed Zakaria