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January 2023
Can Democrats Survive the Looming Crisis in New York City’s Outer Boroughs?
The multiracial working class and the white ethnic middle class are fleeing the Democratic Party, undermining its strength in Albany and imperiling its…
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August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
Tom Suozzi & Hiram Monserrate Are Courting Conservative Communities of Color in Queens
While the left has largely checked out of the New York governor's race, Suozzi and Monserrate are rallying the multiracial working class around a…
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Matthew Thomas
One Year of Vulgar Marxism
The newsletter now has over 1,000 subscribers, and its reporting has been featured in mainstream outlets like the Washington Post, New York Magazine…
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Matthew Thomas
May 2022
Yuh-Line Niou May Have Committed Wage Theft
The state assemblywoman from Lower Manhattan is running for Congress as a working-class champion. But public records show that she pays her own staffers…
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Matthew Thomas
Can Fetterman Reverse Democrats' Declining Fortunes with Pennsylvania's Working Class?
The Lieutenant Governor performed best in the state's poor and working-class regions, where his party has been bleeding support for over a decade.
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Matthew Thomas
Professional Losers: The Transformation of the Democratic Electorate
Between 2008 and 2020, the share of working-class voters in the Democratic presidential primary shrank, while the share of affluent voters grew…
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April 2022
Jaslin Kaur Discusses Surging Anti-Asian Violence in New York City
Listen now (46 min) | As a wave of hate crimes sweeps over the Sikh community in East Queens, I spoke to the former city council candidate about how the…
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Matthew Thomas
Jay Jacobs Backs Candidate Who Claims Commemorating a Klan Leader “Has Nothing To Do With Race”
The chairman of New York's Democratic Party has angered black officials on Long Island with his support for Keith Corbett to replace Kathleen Rice in…
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Matthew Thomas
March 2022
New York Democrats Preach “Pay Equity” While Their Own Employees Earn Poverty Wages
The State Assembly just passed a bill requiring government contractors to disclose their wage gaps. But the chamber's own finances reveal deep…
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Matthew Thomas
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