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.

Summary

Democrats must reclaim their identity as the party of the working class to regain electoral strength.

Despite pro-labor policies under Biden, working-class voters feel disconnected, seeing Democrats as defenders of a failing system.

The party’s decline traces back to NAFTA and neoliberal economic policies that favored corporations over workers.

A generational effort to prioritize labor rights, fair wages, and economic security while addressing working-class frustrations are needed.

Without serious reform, Democrats will continue losing ground to populist alternatives.

  • Bonus @lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Never weren’t.

    New Republic is a lousy source. They always sensationalize for the left. They don’t do their own journalism. The graphic design might have you thinking otherwise but it’s like so many other contemporary sources, just trying to punch up links to original sources.

    Overall, we rate the New Republic Left biased based on story selection and editorial positions that frequently favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing of information and a clean fact check record.

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-republic/

    I’m not saying some left bias isn’t okay but that’s possibly one of the most egregious bias meters I’ve seen on media bias fact check. At least they’re using factual sources to build from but their entire model is addicted to leapfrogging off actual journalism.

    All that and they’re still playing to right-wing propaganda talking points. Stop wasting your time with this source, folks.