“While the top-line job number looked solid in January, the details tell a very different story for blue-collar Americans,” ...

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Working-class men once built the backbone of America's economy; now many feel like background extras in a movie they helped produce. Progress keeps rolling, but their roles keep shrinking. Paychecks, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The budget reconciliation bill that the Republicans just passed isn’t just bad policy — it’s a full-blown attack on America’s working class. Behind the hollow promises and temporary fixes lies a ...

When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.

The 2024 US election returns revealed that a significant portion of the working class including black people, Latinos and women had voted for Donald Trump for President of the United States. Liberal ...

Today’s jobs report shows that despite January job growth coming in above expectations, blue-collar workers are still experiencing an employment slowdown rarely seen outside of recessions while the ...