Carts, Cuts, and Class Struggle: A Snapshot of the New Economy
In this episode of The Labor Force Podcast, we dive deep into America’s worsening affordability crisis and the growing worker uprisings pushing back against it. We start with new data showing that nearly one in three low-income households lives paycheck to paycheck, unable to keep up with inflation as wages stagnate and basic costs climb. From there, we explore a revealing local debate in Watertown, NY, where shopping carts used by unhoused residents have become a flashpoint—highlighting the failures of U.S. housing policy far more than “city cleanliness.” In the Fightback segment, we break…
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