Trump has a very narrow path to victory that will require high turnout by so-called “working-class whites” in key states. This group, however, is not so easily defined.
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Two social scientists investigate why working-class white men are particularly receptive to President Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant messages.
As the GOP prepares to slash spending to pay for tax cuts, lawmakers have been bringing up claims about the poor that don’t stand up to scrutiny.
In this article from 2017, a look at the coordination of strategy between white and Black activists to fight systemic class oppression.
Working-class students are put off by a perceived future of low pay and high debt.
A professor takes us back more than 20 years, to when struggling white working-class voters in Oregon were convinced that a conservative social agenda would help bring back timber jobs.
Donald Trump employed a ‘choreography of shame’ that diminished everybody – except white working-class men.
Labor’s decline has steadily eroded the prospects of working-class Americans, fueling the backlash that propelled Trump. His election, however, will likely deliver unions a knockout punch, hurting his supporters most.
Since the future is so uncertain, South Africa’s best response to Trump’s election is to learn the lessons of its causes.
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