• Link to LinkedIn
  • Link to Facebook
  • Link to Instagram
  • Link to Youtube
  • Link to X
SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER
Joel Kotkin
  • About
    • Events
  • Media
    • In the News
    • Videos
  • Books
  • Articles
    • Demographics
    • Urban Affairs
    • The Economy
    • Politics
    • Rural Policy
    • Reports
    • Religion
    • California
  • Podcast
  • Speaking
  • Contact
  • Click to open the search input field Click to open the search input field Search
  • Menu Menu
You are here: Home1 / Articles
UAW strike reveals that many workers are no longer in lockstep with the Democratic Party.

Trump is Fighting an American Class War – and Winning

September 27, 2023/in The Economy

Trump is fighting an American class war — the auto strike, and his attempt to take advantage of it, reveals how many working class voters now see the Democratic Party as the party of corporate power, political censorship and cultural extremism.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UAW-auto-workers-strike.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-27 07:25:242023-09-26 09:58:00Trump is Fighting an American Class War – and Winning
Blue Collar Workers

Blue Collar Workers Are Our Only Hope

September 25, 2023/in Urban Affairs

AI looks destined to warp our class structure in a similar way to feudalism; but blue collar workers are unlikely to be the only workers whose jobs are at risk.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/are-blue-collar-workers-our-only-hope.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky2023-09-25 07:25:302023-09-22 17:36:57Blue Collar Workers Are Our Only Hope
Los Angeles is one of several sanctuary cities dealing with a large influx of immigrants.

America’s Sanctuary Cities Are Falling Apart

September 22, 2023/in California, Demographics, Politics

Much of the new opposition to sanctuary cities comes from minority populations that now must compete with migrants for space, medical services, and schools.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/los-angeles-influx-of-migrants.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-22 07:25:252023-09-19 17:34:04America’s Sanctuary Cities Are Falling Apart
Would most citizens want to make America like California?Gage Skidmore, used under CC 2.0 License

Make America California

September 20, 2023/in Politics

Gavin Newsom represents the expectations of the progressive left. But California’s middle income earners have seen their wages stagnate — a policy result that’s unlikely to be popular across America.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/make-america-california.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-20 07:25:042023-09-18 17:13:09Make America California
San Francisco and other west coast cities are in decline; how did this happen?

Whatever Happened to the Great West Coast Cities?

September 18, 2023/in California, Urban Affairs

America’s urban woes aren’t limited to west coast cities, but the decline there has generally been steeper than elsewhere. Why? How did such golden cities get so tarnished, so quickly?

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SF-from-Hawk-Hill.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-18 07:25:112023-09-14 09:34:32Whatever Happened to the Great West Coast Cities?
African American children learning about Thanksgiving, with model log cabin on table, Whittier Primary School, Hampton, Virginia. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston, [1899 or 1900].Library of Congress, in Public Domain

History Matters

September 15, 2023/in Urban Affairs

History has moved to the front line of social conflict, but rarely has it been so poorly understood and sketchily taught. The consequent decline in historical understanding suggests that generations of students will leave higher education ill-prepared to engage or even bother with the past.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thanksgiving.jpg 680 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-15 07:19:232023-09-18 17:29:22History Matters
Mandating EVs while discouraging mining harms Americans faced with China's steep price increases for its rare earth minerals.

Mandating EVs While Discouraging Mining is a Recipe for Disaster

September 13, 2023/in Politics, The Economy, Urban Affairs

Mandating EVs while discouraging mining is a recipe for disaster: America depends largely on China for rare earth minerals — even though we could produce these critical minerals from resources located in North America.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EVs-vs-Mining-Policy.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-13 07:25:082023-09-12 14:14:41Mandating EVs While Discouraging Mining is a Recipe for Disaster
Decline of fact-based journalism in favor of opinion is driving decline of trust in media along partisan divide

The New Age of Agitprop

September 6, 2023/in The Economy

Are we living in a new age of agitprop? It is not unusual for journalism, culture and the arts to reflect the political bias of societies and individual writers. But […]

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/decline-of-journalism-into-agitprop.png 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-06 07:25:462023-09-05 08:58:27The New Age of Agitprop
President Joe Biden's policies are benefiting red states more than blue states.The White House, used under CC 3.0 License

America’s Blue States Are Faring Worse Under Joe Biden

September 1, 2023/in Politics

Oddly, the strongest support for Joe Biden lies within blue states — notably the West Coast and the Northeast — that are doing most poorly both economically and demographically.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/President_of_the_United_States_Joe_Biden_2021.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin2023-09-01 07:21:462023-09-01 07:59:24America’s Blue States Are Faring Worse Under Joe Biden
Adaption is the answer in our response to climate change.

Adaption Is The Answer

August 25, 2023/in Urban Affairs

The question is not so much how we can “fight” climate change but how to do so in a way that does not create other, more disruptive, changes in society and the economy.

Read more
https://joelkotkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/adaption-is-the-answer-cities.jpg 675 1200 Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger /wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jkotkin_logo.png Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger2023-08-25 07:03:502023-09-07 12:36:20Adaption Is The Answer
Page 34 of 155«‹3233343536›»
Search Search

Subscribe to Feed

Subscribe to RSS   follow us in feedly

Recent Articles

  • Steve Hilton’s Rise Won’t Kill California Progressivism
  • The Anti-AI Backlash is Building Against Tech Oligarchs Playing God
  • SpaceX IPO Will Bolster American Tech Supremacy
  • Tom Steyer proves things can get worse than Gavin Newsom in California
  • The Evolution of the Iranian American Community

Joel has spoken at many leading universities, business groups, government organizations and more.

INVITE JOEL TO SPEAK

STAY CONNECTED

Join the conversation at Twitter
or Facebook. Visit our YouTube
channel or subscribe to RSS
to read our latest articles.

      Subscribe to RSS  follow us in feedly

Recent Articles

  • Steve Hilton speaking at an event for conservative officials
    Steve Hilton’s Rise Won’t Kill California ProgressivismJune 3, 2026 - 11:40 am
  • The Anti-AI Backlash is Building Against Tech Oligarchs Playing GodJune 1, 2026 - 11:40 am
  • The first launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket on January 6, 2018 from Kennedy Space Center.Daniel Oberhaus, used under CC 4.0 License
    SpaceX IPO Will Bolster American Tech SupremacyMay 29, 2026 - 11:23 am
  • Tom Steyer and the rest of the Democratic field for the California governor's race are scrambling to move left.
    Tom Steyer proves things can get worse than Gavin Newsom in CaliforniaMay 27, 2026 - 11:40 am

Topics

  • Books
  • California
  • Demographics
  • In the News
  • Podcast
  • Politics
  • Religion
  • Reports
  • Rural Policy
  • The Economy
  • Urban Affairs
© Copyright – Joel Kotkin | Site Admin
  • About
  • Media
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Podcast
  • Speaking
  • Contact
Scroll to top Scroll to top Scroll to top