Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics

An indispensable window into the changing shape of the American working class and American politics

Thirteen months after Trump allegedly captured the allegiance of “the white working class,” a strike wave—the first in over four decades—rocked the United States. Inspired by the wildcat victory in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and across the country walked off their jobs and shut down their schools to demand better pay for educators, more funding for students, and an end to ye...