Democrats need to get comfortable with using the term "working class," or risk losing those voters to Trump, who at least gives voice to their anxiety.

A key factor in addressing poverty is raising the minimum wage. A just wages allow workers and their families to live in dignity.

Low-wage earners would have to work, on average, 104 hours a week to afford a modest two-bedroom rental unit.

For decades, the increasing precariousness of work has been a source of mass frustration for tens of millions of Americans.