Corbin Trent traces his path from food-truck entrepreneur to national political organizer. He recalls joining Bernie 2016, co-founding Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, and helping AOC win her primary. The conversation pivots to why America needs a massive grassroots movement to fix today’s economic and community crises—and how family and local experience shape his outlook.

Corbin Trent argues that every generation is ​not​ automatically better off than the last. He walks through housing, healthcare, education, and everyday essentials—showing how many more ​years of work​ it now takes to secure them. Official stats say we’re thriving; lived experience says otherwise. Time to scrap feel-good metrics and measure the economy the way families actually live it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Home prices now demand twice the labor hours they did for boomers.

• Median-income figures mask exploding debt loads.

• Inflation stats undercount housing, college, and medical costs.

• Two incomes are the new minimum for a middle-class life.

• “Progress” often equals nicer gadgets, not greater security.

• Honest metrics are the first step toward real solutions.