President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.. Trump’s promises to working-class voters diverge from his policies. President Trump played a con on working-class Americans ...

Working-class money habits often grow out of survival, not choice, yet they can lock people into nonstop financial anxiety.

Outside of literal language development and nonverbal communication — both of which tend to be influenced by poverty and income level, according to a study from the University of Michigan — there are ...

The economic and social effects of massive wealth transfers between generations are not being taken seriously.

Self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani pulled a stunning upset against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an overwhelming primary victory Tuesday night. The embattled Cuomo congratulated Mamdani ...

Promised a path to prosperity through hard work and education, China’s working class youths are hitting immovable ceilings. By Li Yuan Since the 1980s, more than 800 million Chinese have risen out of ...

Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life. In late fall, I was in a break room with 10 or so ...

While it's true that things like lacking job flexibility and poor parental involvement greatly influence health, well-being, and behavior outcomes for kids in working-class families, according to a ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...

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A new crop of candidates has turned away from the aspirational “American dream” message of campaigns past and is leaning into how difficult life can be for working people — including them. By Annie ...

President Trump played a con on working-class Americans during last year’s election that is being exposed now, only a few months into his presidency. It seems like every other time you saw Trump on ...