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Say It to My Face

Rick Perlstein The American Prospect
How Democrats learned to tell the plain truth and like it

What We Get Wrong About White Workers

Interview with Stephanie Ternullo by Chris Maisano Jacobin
Deindustrialization has helped create a right-wing turn in many Midwestern towns. Long traditions of labor militancy can explain why it hasn’t in others.

Why Do So Many Workers Love Trump?

Jared Abbott Jacobin
Racism and xenophobia are a part of why so many ordinary workers were won over to Donald Trump, but that's far from the whole story. A careful study breaks down how Trump spoke to economic grievances and personal experiences.

Democracy Needs the Loser

Barbara F. Walter The New Yorker
The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.

State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault Report

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Southern Coalition for Social Justice
This Report documents how voters of color, young voters and those with disabilities have been targeted with repressive laws and policies that undermine the hard-fought progress secured during the Civil Rights era.