Tag Archives: rural working class

Memoir as Medium: Bridging the Class Divide

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Working-Class Perspectives

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 →

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Will Democrats Reach Rural Workers in 2020?

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Working-Class Perspectives

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 →

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

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Working-Class Perspectives

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 Working-Class Perspectives

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 →

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