Democrats are well positioned leading into next year’s elections if they give their base, particularly unmarried women, a reason to turn out and vote. As this research demonstrates, the promise of an agenda that addresses the real economy of everyday Americans and—this is an equally important piece—also provides them with […] Read more »
Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up?
… Society has drastically changed since the high-water mark of the 1930s and 1960s when collective movements captured the public imagination. Now, there is an inexorable pressure on individuals to, in effect, fly solo. There is very little social support for class-based protest – what used to be called solidarity. […] Read more »
Attitudes Toward Racism And Inequality Are Shifting
… We know that racial disparities exist: By almost every measure of well-being, black people as a group in the United States fare worse than white people do. But how people feel about race and racism, particularly between black and white Americans, is complicated. … The General Social Survey (GSS) […] Read more »
Your Politics Determine Your Anxieties
Add this to the long list of disagreements between Red and Blue America: Republicans and Democrats are worried about completely different things when they look at the state of the U.S. economy, culture and political system, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found. CONT. Janet Hook, Wall Street […] Read more »
Dear Democrats: Populism Will Not Save You
… Is a new majority in fact ready to support a political agenda based on ending or reducing economic inequality through government activism? There are circumstances like those of the early 1930s when a majority of Americans have backed progressive economic reform and government intervention and even the kind of […] Read more »
Can Hillary Clinton Be a Woman of the People?
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is based on the assumption that voters are angrier at the rich than they are at the poor. Her strategy poses a dilemma for Democrats, who are arguing among themselves about whether targeting the rich is an approach that will work. CONT. Thomas B. Edsall, […] Read more »