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War, the Working Class, and the Media
The holidays are traditionally a time for reflection — looking back at the year nearly passed and forward to the one about to begin. I’ve been doing a lot reflecting as 2009 draws, mercifully, … more →
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War, the Working Class, and the Media
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The holidays are traditionally a time for reflection — looking back at the year nearly passed … more →
The Political Parabola, the Media, and the Direction of Working-Class Populism
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wrote 2 months ago: Media pundits regularly describe American politics in terms of a spectrum, from far right to far lef … more →
Lessons from the Health Care Debate
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wrote 3 months ago: Now that Senate Finance Committee Chair and Blue Dog Democrat Max Baucus has introduced his overdue … more →
Obama's DeLorean?
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wrote 5 months ago: I know I’ve used the déjà vu/time machine analogy before, but if Michael J. Fox can make three Back … more →
Taxing the Rich
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wrote 5 months ago: We’ve done a lot of hang-wringing on this site about the difficulties of defining the working class. … more →
Deja Vu All Over Again
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wrote 6 months ago: In mid-October of 1992 I was working as the Director of Communications and Public Policy for Local 8 … more →
New Survey Results: What the Working Class Thinks about Obama and the Economy
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wrote 6 months ago: During the 2008 election and since the start of the economic crisis, I’ve spoken with dozens of jour … more →
Who Really Runs the Place
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wrote 8 months ago: Memories may be fading, but I’m sure most of you have some vague recollection of last year’s preside … more →
Two Cheers for the Decline of White Working-Class Voters
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wrote 9 months ago: Ruy Teixeira, the progressive political scientist who has most consistently pushed the argument that … more →
A Lesson in Politics and Power
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wrote 10 months ago: Unless you’ve been too busy looking for a job to notice, things are kind of upside down in Was … more →
Can Labor Mount a Comeback?
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wrote 11 months ago: The changes so evident in many aspects of American life appear to favor the resurgence of a powerful … more →
The White Working-Class Vote in 2008
wrote 1 year ago: Progressive Democrats, nudged over the past eight years by progressive social scientists like Ruy Te … more →
Class vs. Sexuality: The Proposition 8 Vote
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wrote 1 year ago: Last week, John Russo provided an important look at voting patterns amongst Ohio’s working cla … more →
The Youngstown Election Report: Notes on Unions and White Working-Class Voters
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wrote 1 year ago: Now that the election is over, pundits of all kinds have begun to pour over the election results in … more →
Class and the Election: A British Perspectice
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wrote 1 year ago: I’m a Brit sitting in the middle of an amphitheatre in Warren,Ohio waiting for Joe Biden to do his b … more →
From the 19th Hole: What Obama's Election Means
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wrote 1 year ago: I played golf Tuesday, as I do every Election Day. The hours on the course help consume the time be … more →
Movement Building and Political Organizing
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wrote 1 year ago: The Democratic ground game in the 2008 election is unlike anything we’ve seen since 1948 – or, given … more →
1930s Redux? The Working Class and the Economic Crisis
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wrote 1 year ago: The current economic crisis is the result of the financial practices of the past decade, but we talk … more →
Health care for all: caring for the uninsured
wrote 1 year ago: As Jack Metzgar wrote last week, health coverage is an important issue for the working class. As he … more →
