Category Archives: Working-Class Politics

Trouble in Paradise

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

On the 8th of November, Paradise went up in flames.  This small town in Northern California held about 28,000 people, many retirees on a fixed budget.  This was not a rich town.  The median household income was $41,000, 94% of … Continue reading →

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Class Prejudice and the Democrats’ Blue Wave?

Posted on November 26, 2018 by

Two days after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post published an analysis under the headline “These wealthy neighborhoods delivered Democrats the House majority.”  That headline is false in several different ways, but it is being repeated among a large group … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

In recent weeks, President Trump has been warning of an “invasion” of a caravan of 3,000 Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, heading north towards the Mexico-U.S. border. In October, these immigrants set out on a journey of more than 2500 … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Healthcare: A Workers’ Comp System That Actually Works

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

Most American workers who get injured on the job or develop an occupational disease soon become familiar with the inadequacies and injustices of our fifty state system of workers’ comp. Private employers fight their claims. Rehabilitation services are fragmented and … Continue reading →

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Politicizing Immigration Wears Thin in Iowa

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

For weeks during the summer of 2018, the case of a missing University of Iowa student occupied statewide and national attention. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who was housesitting in Brooklyn, Iowa (population 1,391), went jogging at night on July 18 and … Continue reading →

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Red State, White Evangelicals, and a Blue Wave?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

Eyes are locked on Texas. And deep in its heart are white evangelicals who could be part of a blue wave many hope will wash over that red state to carry Ted Cruz far out to sea.  In tight race … Continue reading →

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Is the Fever Breaking? Ground Zero Youngstown

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Two years ago, I described the Youngstown area as “crossover ground zero” for Donald Trump and the politics of resentment in working-class and rust belt communities. In local rallies during the 2016 campaign and since he took office, Trump has … Continue reading →

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