Anthony Nadler is professor of media studies at Ursinus College and a fellow at Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. He coedited News on the Right and has published widely in outlets such as the LA Review of Books, Columbia Journalism Review, and n+1.
The Right’s growing success with working-class voters wasn’t won with policy papers or think tanks; it was built through media that speaks their language. If the Left wants to compete, it needs to build a media ecosystem that resonates.
The disintegration of working-class institutions and the rise of professionalized advocacy have severed the connections between progressive civil society and working-class communities.