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Boeing machinist Andre Johnstone, who says he does not support the new contract offer, pickets outside the Renton Production Facility one day before striking union members will vote on a new contract offer in Renton, Washington on November 3, 2024. (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Progressives aren’t the problem

Bob Hennelly
Attorney Anibal Romero, center, joins his clients Victorina Morales, left, and Sandra Diaz, right, during an interview, Friday Dec. 7, 2018, in New York. Morales and Diaz, who recalled their experience working at President Donald Trump's golf resort in Bedminster, N.J., say they used false legal documents to get hired and supervisors knew it. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Trump's "illegal" employees speak out

Chauncey DeVega
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What does media mean by "working class"?

John McCullough
Ian Haney López; Donald Trump speaks at a rally. (AP/YouTube/Brown University/Photo Montage by Salon)

A new way forward for Democrats

Chauncey DeVega
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Jeff Biggers on the Resistance

Chauncey DeVega
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal in "Blindspotting" (Courtesy of Lionsgate)

Salon Talks: "Blindspotting" stars

D. Watkins
(AP/Stephen B. Morton)

Why are the poor so patriotic?

Chauncey DeVega
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Pandering to workers: A short history

Jared Yates Sexton
(AP/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s curious coalition

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
Jeff Bezos (AP/Susan Walsh)

Amazon's HQ2 and our class war moment

Nicole Karlis
Justin Gest (Getty/eclipse_images/gmu.edu)

Why white working class went for Trump

Chauncey DeVega
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Do white people lack empathy?

Sophia Tesfaye
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to the Filipino community in Singapore on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

The power of Philippine labor

Michelle Chen - In These Times
William Kristol (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Bill Kristol doesn't get it

Matthew Sheffield
Hillary Clinton (AP/Matt Rourke)

Sean Posey - BillMoyers.com
(Reuters/Rick Wilking)

To hell with dialogue

Chauncey DeVega
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