working class

How union workers in battleground states could swing the election

By John Yang, Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden reacts as he delivers a speech during the Women's Leadership Forum in Washington, U.S. October 17, 2019. Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters

WATCH: Joe Biden says Trump doesn’t understand working-class struggles

In a 45-minute speech, the former vice president cast President Donald Trump as a charlatan populist whose tax policies and economic stewardship have hurt U.S. workers.

By Bill Barrow, Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Protest signs are pictured in SeaTac, Washington just before a march from SeaTac to Seattle aimed at the fast food industry and raising the federal minimum wage and Seattle's minimum wage to $15 an hour December 5, 2013. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo - RTS18Q84

Column: New study says the minimum wage hike in Seattle is bad for low-wage workers

If your immediate reaction to this study was to dismiss it, it is time to admit that your views cannot be swayed by science.

By Jonathan Meer

Column: Why do so many American families feel so financially insecure?

Why are so many Americans still feeling so financially insecure? Economists Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider followed 235 low- and moderate-income households for a full year to understand why.

By Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider

Democrats aim to reclaim the working class vote

President Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, in part, by capturing the white working class vote in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania that previously voted for Democratic candidates. Now, some Democrats are trying to rebuild their base in blue-collar…

By Mori Rothman, Yasmeen Qureshi

Column: Do you live in a bubble? These 100 communities do

By Charles Murray

The people living in ZIP codes in the top two percentiles include almost all of those who run the nation’s culture, economy and politics.

A historian’s take on Trump’s economic plan for blue-collar, manufacturing jobs

By Paul Solman

What is President-elect Donald Trump's plan for the economy? Economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down with economic historian Adam Tooze to discuss.

Will the new overtime regulations help or hurt the economy?

By Kristen Doerer

Last week, the Obama administration unveiled new overtime regulations that would double the salary threshold that automatically entitles workers to overtime pay to $47,476.