Tag Archives: rural working class

Memoir as Medium: Bridging the Class Divide

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

More than three years after its publication in 2016, Hillbilly Elegy and its author J.D. Vance continue to be lightning rods. A recent Washington Post opinion piece caused an uproar by insinuating that Vance lamented the declining white birth rate … Continue reading →

Posted in Class and the Media, Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Understanding Class, Working-Class Culture | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Will Democrats Reach Rural Workers in 2020?

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

It should be easy to run against Trump’s rural America record. Aside from his made-for-Fox News rallies, he has little to show for in rural policy except for self-inflicted wounds that risk returning rural America back to the farm crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, The Working Class and the Economy, Working-Class Politics | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Iowa’s Next Election: Bridging the Urban-Rural and Class Divide

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

My home state of Iowa famously gave Barack Obama a convincing victory in the Democratic caucuses in 2008, the first triumph that launched a young U.S. senator from Illinois to become the first African-American president. Obama ultimately won two terms, … Continue reading →

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Playing Chicken: Discovering a Diverse Working Class in Trump Country

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

Since the election of 2016, much has been written about rural working-class voters who helped elect Donald J. Trump to the presidency.  Most of those stories have assumed that the rural working class is overwhelmingly white.  But if we look … Continue reading →

Posted in Class at the Intersections, Contributors, Guest Bloggers, Issues, Labor and Community Activism, Working-Class Politics | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments