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Six Ways the Democrats Elected Trump... Again

Six Ways the Democrats Elected Trump... Again
16.01.2025 4

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Beware the Faux Populism of Corporate Democrats​

Beware the Faux Populism of Corporate Democrats​

For the Democrats to become a truly populist party, an entirely new wave of working-class candidates must come to the fore. But that won't just...

08.01.2025 2

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Should Working-Class Candidates Run as Democrats?

Working-class voters of all shades and ethnicities are moving closer together in their political perceptions as they defect from the Democratic...

12.12.2024 5

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

What is the Progressive Working-Class Policy on Immigration?

That we don't know the answer to this question is the first problem that must be addressed.

10.12.2024 5

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Revenge of the Deplorables?​

Think about it this way, maybe it's the Democratic Party which has become deplorable to the working class.

20.11.2024 2

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Why Did the Democrats Lose? Because They Gave Up on the Working Class 40 Years Ago

It really hurts to have called this one. I so wanted to be wrong.

06.11.2024 2

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Why Isn't the Harris-Trump Election Like the 1964 Johnson Landslide Over Goldwater?

The transformation of the Democratic Party from a working class party to one of prosperous elites can’t be ignored or wished away. It is one...

31.10.2024 6

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

A Pro-Worker October Surprise for the Democrats?

How about a Sovereign Wealth Fund for Workers? Harris needs to prove she has the guts to take on the powerful and truly protect working-class jobs...

24.10.2024 10

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Harris Needs to Show She Will Fight Like Hell for the Working Class—There's Still Time

And the best way to do that is to... fight like hell for the working class.

18.10.2024 10

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

How Donald Trump (and the New York Times) Perpetuate Biological Racism

Science has shown us that biological race, as a category, does not exist. Like it or not, according to the best evidence, there is only one...

16.10.2024 4

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

135.9 Million Reasons Why the Working Class Is So Angry

Workers know that when a private equity firm buys up the company at which they work or a stock buyback is announced, they are likely about to get...

06.10.2024 8

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Wake Up Democrats! Trump Is Eating Your Working-Class Lunch

Trump has promised to stick John Deere with a 200% tariff if it outsources U.S. jobs to Mexico; the Dems responded by getting a billionaire to call...

26.09.2024 7

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Please Vice-President Harris, Stay Away from Wall Street!

Whoops, too late.

25.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Why Does the Governor of Ohio Support the 'Piece of Garbage' MAGA Liars?

Is there any lie that Trump/Vance could tell that might turn DeWine into a former supporter?

22.09.2024 10

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Joe McCarthy Would Appreciate JD Vance's Big Lie—So Would Joseph Goebbels

Vance's shameless lies, and Trump’s too, are deepening the deterioration of American politics.

19.09.2024 1

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Why Is Trump Still Clobbering Harris on the Economy?

Really, after watching Trump’s debate meltdown, how is it possible for any sane human to believe he has the capability to improve anything at all?...

16.09.2024 2

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

Everyone Talks About the Economy, But No One Does Anything About It!

Buried in the 2020 Democratic Party platform is a little discussed line that could hold the key to reducing wanton job destruction. Will Kamala...

09.09.2024 9

Common Dreams

Les Leopold

What Kamala Harris Must Do to Win Working Class Voters

If Harris and the Democrats don’t find a way to intervene to stop the needless mass layoffs that are happening right now, there’s a good chance...

25.07.2024 10

Common Dreams

Les Leopold