Features

• What Is Hillary Clinton’s Agenda?

  Paul Starr

  She’s had so much to say on so many issues that voters may not know what she wants to accomplish.
• The First Post-Middle-Class Election

  Harold Meyerson

  The politics of downward mobility and racial diversity have eroded the center, pushing Democrats to the left and Republicans toward an authoritarian right.
• Blue Cities, Red States

  Abby Rapoport

  As cities have moved left and states have moved right, the conflicts between them have escalated.
• Special Report: The New Labor Economy

  Confronting the Parasite Economy

  Nick Hanauer

  Why low-wage work is bad for business—and all of us.
• Special Report: The New Labor Economy

  Reframing the Minimum-Wage Debate

  David Howell

  Why “no job loss” is the wrong standard for setting the right wage floor. 
• Special Report: The Immigrant Factor

  How Asian Americans Became Democrats

  Karthick Ramakrishnan

  The last two decades have seen a major shift in the party preferences of Asian Americans, but they’re still not deeply engaged in civic life.
• Special Report: The Immigrant Factor

  Don’t Assume Trump’s Bias is Mere Bluster

  Sasha Abramsky

  How the Republican nominee could bar Muslim immigrants. 
• Philly’s New Mayor

  Jake Blumgart

  How many progressive changes can Jim Kenney bring to an old-style city with an antique political culture?
• Special Report: The Immigrant Factor

  Is This the Year of the Latino Voter?

  Eliza Newlin Carney

  Latinos have had some of the lowest voter turnout rates, but this November—with unprecedented mobilization campaigns and the specter of a Trump presidency—may be different.
• A Just Transition for U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Workers

  Robert Pollin & Brian Callaci

  A combination of better jobs and pensions will remove one political obstacle to a green transition—and it’s the right thing to do.
• Special Report: The Immigrant Factor

  Arizona's Blue Horizons

  Nathalie Baptiste

  With increasing Latino activism, once-Republican Arizona is becoming contested terrain, though registration still lags. Will this be the year?
• How Asian Americans Became Democrats

  Karthick Ramakrishnan

  The last two decades have seen a major shift in the party preferences of Asian Americans, but they're still not deeply engaged in civic life.
• The Subtle Force of Tom Perez

  Justin Miller

  The labor secretary, a son of Dominican immigrants, has used his power to make real gains for workers—so successfully that he’s become a vice presidential prospect.
• Liberal Governor, Divided Government

  Rachel M. Cohen

  Pennsylvania’s Tom Wolf, among the nation’s most progressive governors, has been checked by the most right-wing legislature in state history—but there are always executive orders.
• Trump and the Racial Politics of the South

  Kevin O'Leary

  The legacy of slavery and segregation creeps northward.
• Special Report: The Immigrant Factor

  How ‘They’ Become ‘We’

  Michael Fix

  Here’s what America does well in integrating immigrants and what we could do better—unless anti-immigrant passions take over.
• Special Report: The New Labor Economy

  On Demand, and Demanding Their Rights

  Steven Greenhouse

  Gig workers in the Uber economy are organizing to win more say over their jobs—and writing a new chapter in American labor history.
• The First Post-Middle-Class Election

  Harold Meyerson

  The politics of downward mobility and racial diversity have eroded the center, pushing Democrats to the left and Republicans toward an authoritarian right.