The reasons for the erosion of Democratic Party support within the American working class is a topic on which seemingly everyone has an opinion. It has renewed the debate between the left and the ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...

Responding to a guest essay, readers discuss the Democratic Party’s history and its options now. To the Editor: Re “The History Lesson Democrats Need to Relearn,” by David Paul Kuhn (Opinion guest ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. There have been endless laments for the white working-class voters the Democratic Party lost ...

In 2018, The Crown star Vanessa Kirby submitted the Benjamin Caron-directed episode, “Beryl,” en route to an Emmy nomination. The now Oscar-nominated actor and Emmy-winning EP-director worked together ...

Could a movement of progressive populists, independents and rural communities go “beyond resistance” and help spur a new wave of economic populism? Could these working-class and rural Americans be the ...

Old fashioned heroes of the new working class -- What kind of delegation is this? -- Nixon's class struggle -- I'm dyin' here -- A collective sadness -- The New Deal that never happened -- The ...

You could argue that the history of humankind is the history of work. In order to thrive, not just survive, people learned to specialize in a wide range of crafts. However, in this day and age, with ...

In 2018, The Crown star Vanessa Kirby submitted the Benjamin Caron-directed episode, "Beryl," en route to an Emmy nomination. The now Oscar-nominated actor and Emmy-winning EP-director worked together ...