Working for the U.S. government—once seen as a ticket to a stable middle-class life—now looks like a road to professional and financial insecurity.

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.

“Neither faction in the current Democratic Party fully represents” working-class Democrat voters, notes The Liberal Patriot’s John Halpin.

Handshake’s report says more college graduates are applying to government jobs, as hiring slows in technology and professional services.