“From my perspective, we actually have to have a stronger, bolder economic message that's not just for white working-class voters, but for people who don't go to college who are white, black, Latino, or wherever. We have to communicate that we care about Detroit and Appalachia, and people suffering in both are problems for the country and a problem for the Democratic Party, not just one or just the other.” PeopleCountryProblemCareSufferingBlackPartyEconomicCollegePerspectiveStrongerDemocraticCommunicateDemocratic PartyLatino Author:Neera Tanden
“Trump is dividing people against each other; he's going to try and sow racial division; so you have to figure out an answer. I think really the only answer for the Democratic Party, or for progressives at large, is to have an answer about how these people who haven't been to college, who haven't had a lot of things given to them in life, are going to do better, year after year after year.” PeopleThinkingTryingPartyCollegeDemocraticDemocratic Party Author:Neera Tanden
“We don't have great answers to what jobs will look like in 10, 20, 30 years. And I think it's right for people to have some anxiety in a world where driverless cars are going to take over. Like, how are you going - it's gotten really, how are you going to have a job in 10 years, and how are your kids going to have a job in 10 years, if you haven't gone to college or had a lot of hand-ups in the system, basically.” PeopleThinkingWorldKidsCarCollegeAnxiety Author:Neera Tanden