Posts Tagged ‘Working-class’

Bernie Sanders says the left has lost the working class. Has it forgotten how to speak to them?

Thursday, November 14th, 2024
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Donald Trump was elected US president this week. Despite vastly outspending her opponent and drafting a galaxy of celebrities to her cause – Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Taylor Swift – Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lost the Electoral College, the popular vote and all the swing states. This has bewildered and dismayed liberals – Read more

Church losing touch with working-class Catholics

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
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Charles Perko admits it will not stand up well as an excuse, but he does offer it up as an “explanation.” Too many Sundays he has missed Mass, he says, because he was too tired after a 12-hour shift the night before to make it to church. Workweeks loaded with overtime have not helped, of Read more