The Powell Memo to the Biden Administration
Joe Biden’s presidency is building its foundation upon the revitalization of America’s working and middle classes, and the reversal of the growing power of the wealthy and big business. The fate of the Biden administration, the Democratic Party itself, and I daresay America -- in a time when democracy is under attack -- hinges on this. Biden’s Build Back Better agenda taxes millionaires, billionaires, and big business in order to make major investments in low and middle-incom
Democratic Pessimism and Our Relationship with the Working Class
Data analyst David Shor is having a moment. Feature articles and quotes from him are popping up everywhere. His central argument is that Democrats should be very pessimistic about our future because of our disconnect with working-class voters.
These two topics -- pessimism about the party’s future and our disconnect with the working class -- are profoundly linked, but I have a very different view about how they interrelate. Shor and I, along with many Democratic analysts b
