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Posted inBuilding Back America
Some of the Worst Bridges in the Country Are in Kentucky
Yet Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is dragging out negotiations on federal investments to fix bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inPolitics
A Kentucky Surprise: Bipartisan Reforms to Ease Voting
What’s different about Kentucky—and what could other states learn?
Posted inPolitics
Will the Senate Leadership Allow Local Democrats to Choose Their Candidates?
Charles Booker’s 2022 Senate campaign in Kentucky will provide the next test. When Booker ran last time, the DSCC clumsily intervened, leading to a disastrous loss.
Posted inPolitics
The Movement, the Party, and the President
The Republicans are cracking up. Can Democratic unity hold? And will the Biden administration be an ally of long-term organizing?
Posted inBooks
Unlearning the Lessons of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
America’s beleaguered poor and working class have a host of problems, but the culture of irresponsibility that J.D. Vance says they’re prey to isn’t one of them.
Posted inPolitics
The First Major Elections of the George Floyd Era
Progressive insurgencies look to shock well-funded machine picks in New York and Kentucky.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Donald Trump and John Prine
If you want to understand why America’s rural poor are taken in by Trump, take a close listen to John Prine.