The problem the Democrats face in the current standoff is how to weigh these distinct forms of pain: immediate to a known universe of political allies; or long-term to a broader universe of, most importantly, swing voters.
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Trump’s Faltering Economy
The seemingly not-too-bad Trump economy is living on borrowed time. Both inflation and employment are getting worse, and the booming stock market is in AI bubble territory.
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Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union
Like several successful campaigns before it, Step Up organizes workers to improve their jobs, but stops short of calling for a union. The approach, “premajority unionism,” is a natural fit for places like the South, with histories of public hostility to unions.
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The Damaged Democratic Brand
More successful economic populists within the Democratic Party can help other Democrats revive their brand with an appeal that rouses voters.
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Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis
Immigration enforcement is working hand in hand with the H-2A program.
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Breaking: Amazon Actually Employs Its Delivery Drivers
Even as Republicans claim majority support from working-class voters, the pattern of their furloughs during the current government shutdown makes clear that this support is in no way reciprocated. While almost all the employees at the Treasury Department are still on the job (albeit working without pay), a bare 17 of the 1,270 employees in the Labor […]