Isaiah just hit upon something important when, in discussing the new anti-poverty program from Center for American Progress, he wrote:
Conservatives succeeded in taking the nation’s eye off the ball on the issue of poverty by couching it as an issue of “us vs. them,” ... But that offers progressives an opportunity to reframe the poverty debate as a “we’re-in-this-together” move toward a more equitable and prosperous society.
How can we pull off such a frame? By making common cause between the impoverished and the middle-class.
Where's the common ground? Start with today's column from New York Times' David Leonhardt, "What's Really Squeezing The Middle Class."
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