Who's really for the working class in the 2024 presidential race?

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey here or at wbur.org/survey. As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, political philosopher Michael Sandel talks about how Democrats can win back the trust of working Americans who have been hurt by decades of trade and economic policies that both parties have pursued. Then, a protest march against Israel's war in Gaza is taking place in Chicago on the first day of the DNC. Here & Now's Chris Bentley is in Chicago's Union Park, where the protesters are gathering. And, archaeologists recently discovered a 3,500-year-old clay tablet in Turkey that appears to be a shopping list. Ancient Assyria expert Jacob Lauinger joins us to discuss his work interpreting the tablet and the many questions it raises.

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0:35.0	This I think is the biggest challenge for Kamala Harris for the Democratic Party
0:41.0	to reclaim from Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, the working class.
0:47.0	As the Democratic National Convention gets underway today, we look at what the party can do to help working class voters.
0:57.0	It's Monday, August 19th, from NPR and W-B-U-R Boston.
1:08.0	Welcome to Here and Now Anytime.
1:10.4	I'm Shirley Jahag.
1:22.0	Today on the show protests, police, and pride in Chicago as the city hosts the Democratic National Convention. Then, archaeologists uncover writing carved into a tiny tablet that survived thousands of years.
1:31.0	So what deep thoughts might we discover there preserved for all time?
1:36.0	Was it some sort of special occasion like a royal marriage?
1:40.0	Was it related to a religious festival? Well yeah apparently it's just a little shopping
1:47.2	list. First now Democrats have lost a lot of ground when it comes to appealing to working class voters.
1:55.0	What will it take to win them back?
1:57.0	And as the Democratic National Convention kicks off today,
2:00.0	what messages will draw those voters.
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