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EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

Update: 2025-06-25
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It’s common knowledge these days that the left has lost the working class. But there is little curiosity about how, and why, and what that means for our politics. Our guest on this week's program has written a deeply researched book on the subject — and she has some ideas on where the left should go from here.

Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law (Emerita) and Founding Director of the Equality Action Center at the University of California College of the Law in San Francisco. Her latest book is Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back. (You can find the class bubble quiz at www.classbubblequiz.com.)

You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com

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EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

EP 201: Joan C. Williams on How the Left Lost the Working Class

Tara Henley