Democrats Held the Most Pro-Union Convention in History. Now, They Must Take That Message on the Road.

Longtime labor advocate Kamala Harris and longtime National Education Association member Tim Walz accepted their nominations last week at the most pro-union Democratic National Convention in the party’s history. The challenge now is to translate the energy of the convention into a campaign that boosts turnout among the multiracial, multiethnic mass of working-class Americans—especially young people—who will decide whether the party’s ticket wins, and perhaps wins big, in November. To do this, Harris and Walz must take a lesson from what worked…