Meet the bobos, the elite class “driving the rest of the country crazy”

<p>If you don&#8217;t know what a &#8220;bobo&#8221; is, it&#8217;s a term for bourgeois bohemian, someone with &#8217;60s values and &#8217;90s money, according to political commentator David Brooks. He wrote about the bobos 20 years ago and revisited the topic in The Atlantic against the backdrop of class divisions in America. We speak to him at length about the development and impact of this class of cultural elite. Negotiations over President Biden&#8217;s social spending plan have led to support for community colleges being left out.</p>