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Does Donald Trump own the “white working class”?
December 8, 2016A deeply racist element may have made up the core of Trump supporters, but they were only a fraction of Trump voters. What about the others?
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It wasn’t economic populism that undermined the Clinton campaign
December 6, 2016It was not just class issues and economic populism that were at play in this election, but also broad democratic questions around gender, nationality and race.
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Fighting back against the white revolt of 2016
December 5, 2016Sanders and others have attributed Trump’s success to the fact that he played to allegedly legitimate concerns of the masses. We disagree strongly.
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Ku Klux Klan 0; Progressives 100
December 5, 2016The victory parade that the Ku Klux Klan had scheduled for December 3 to celebrate Donald Trump’s election fizzled.
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Injunction against overtime pay has real consequences for people’s lives
December 2, 2016A Texas judge’s decision to block the new overtime pay regulation is a financial blow to people who thought their lives were about to be made a little easier.
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