It’s not exactly news that Democrats have a yawning working-class hole in their coalition. Over time, they have shed both white and nonwhite working-class (noncollege) voters, while improving among ...

Responding to a guest essay, readers discuss the Democratic Party’s history and its options now. To the Editor: Re “The History Lesson Democrats Need to Relearn,” by David Paul Kuhn (Opinion guest ...

Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there. Zohran Mamdani won New York’s ...

I’m as delighted as the next guy that the MAGA cult is tearing itself apart over an Epstein client list that probably doesn’t exist. But only about half of all Republicans identify as MAGA, and within ...

“It’s not exactly news that Democrats have a yawning working-class hole in their coalition,” snarks The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira. A New York Times/Siena poll found white college voters “say they ...

For President Donald Trump, getting the “Big Beautiful Bill” through a compliant GOP Congress was the easy part. Now comes the hard part. Trump and his Republican allies must now effectively sell the ...

The reasons for the erosion of Democratic Party support within the American working class is a topic on which seemingly everyone has an opinion. It has renewed the debate between the left and the ...

In its period of exile, the Democratic Party has a lot of decisions to make. One of those decisions concerns its relationship with organized labor. Joe Biden and members of his administration — and, ...

The White House is framed in the trees under a cloudy sky on March 9, 2025, in Washington. (Getty/J. David Ake) President Donald Trump promised to be a “champion for the American worker,” but his ...

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it. Ad Policy Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a full auditorium as ...

Thanks to decades of failing to seriously address the economic struggles of ordinary Americans, the Democratic Party brand has cratered in the Rust Belt and is increasingly flagging with working-class ...