Despair among the white working class

WaPo reports the research that identifies a sea of despair among the white, middle aged, working class. What we learn from this is the seismic shift in the economy due to technology and that the small government approach has not prepared the working class for the shirt (1972-today). Also, allowing drug companies to push their products has created an opiod epidemic. Lastly, democrats better wake up. Cue Warren and Sanders please! Brookings has a story on it as well.