working class
Scam artist Trump conned the working class
February 22, 2019Working-class voters were hoodwinked first by Bill Clinton and then by Barack Obama. Their con games left blue-collar voters ready to fall.
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Blaming workers for the problems capitalism created
January 8, 2019They should have planned better, been less demanding, or just been smarter. Workers have heard it all.
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With Amazon coming, metro D.C. families face rising rents, longer commutes
January 3, 2019Various cities had been bidding for the HQ, in the usual way: Offering millions of dollars in “concessions” to a company worth a trillion dollars.
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Class struggle TV: Things get real on “Roseanne” spinoff “The Connors”
December 4, 2018For the most part, TV either ignores class conflict. But the most consistent theme of most working-class sitcoms, including The Conners, is that it's a struggle to be working class.
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Class prejudice: It was workers who delivered the election for Democrats
November 26, 2018We should celebrate every country-club Republican who turns against Trump, but flips within the so-called white working class are proportionately more important.
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