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From Paula Jones to Trailer Parks: Journalists’ Class Blind Spots
In 1996, James Carville was asked what he thought about Paula Jones’s claims of being sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton. He said, “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” The liberal press … Continue reading
Redefining the Working Class
Once again, a presidential election is bringing renewed interest in the working class, especially the white working class. Are they a racist bulwark of Trump support? Will they support a Clinton, after NAFTA and welfare reform? Do they represent a … Continue reading
Misrepresenting the White Working Class: What the Narrating Class Gets Wrong
Most of the time the white working class is invisible in the U.S. But during elections there is a flurry of attention to this “demographic” among political reporters and operatives, and as a result, also among the millions of us … Continue reading
A New Leader for Labour in the UK
Last Saturday, Jeremy Corbyn was elected the new leader of the UK Labour Party after a summer long campaign. Corbyn’s name may not be familiar to many readers. To be honest, few outside the supporters of left wing causes in … Continue reading
Stereotyping White Working-Class Voters
Analysis of the Democrats’ 2014 electoral debacle has again turned toward their chronic and worsening “problem with the white working class.” For the most part, pieces like those in Mother Jones, Slate, The Nation, and even Thomas Edsall in The … Continue reading
What Pope Francis Can Teach the Democratic Party
Most journalists and political commentators covering papal politics have been consumed with the Church’s recent Synod on the Family that concerned social and religious issues of modern marriage and family life. Some conservative commentators warned that Pope Francis and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Pope Francis, working-class voters
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The Crisis of Labour: Class Politics in Scotland After the Independence Referendum
As we saw in the Scottish Independence Referendum on September 19, deindustrialization still affects political loyalties in Scotland. Social class influenced the way many people voted, and this has major implications for the future politics of Scotland and the UK. … Continue reading
The Value of Admitting that Raising the Minimum Wage Could Cost Jobs
A few weeks ago I watched Bill Moyers interview conservative economist Arthur Brooks as he mouthed the Republican talking point that the problem with the minimum wage is that “it hurts the people it’s supposed to help” because it eliminates … Continue reading
The Working-Class Argument for Scottish Independence
On September 18th, the people of Scotland will vote on whether they wish to leave the United Kingdom and become independent, the first time that there has been such a constitutional referendum. This has arisen due to the victory of … Continue reading
Can Democrats Win the White Working-Class Vote?
Winning greater support among white working-class voters is critical for Democrats in presidential elections, and it often provides a critical margin for Democratic candidates in statewide races. For example, in Ohio, loss of white working-class support in 2010 resulted in … Continue reading
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Tagged midterm elections, white working-class, working-class voters
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