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Terri had voted, casting a ballot for Trump, but Shannon hadn’t bothered. She didn’t put much stock in politics. “People like us,” she told me, “aren’t heard.” She’d cast only one ballot in her life—in
Farah Stockman • American Made
While Americans in polls report historically low levels of trust in the media, it could be in large part because much of the press hasn’t been speaking to the concerns of their everyday lives. It would mean incorporating the knowledge and skills of reporters like Heather Bryant, who grew up in rural Missouri, where her lower-income family would buy... See more
America Needs a Working-ClassMedia
through the game, Mary pulled out a five-dollar bill and, with great motherly solicitude, told me to go buy myself a hot dog and beer and to please get her a diet Coke. It was one of those moments to die for. After rent, five dollars is actually a significant percentage of her monthly budget. It was the unmatchable gift that only the poor are capab
... See moreGary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
And look at that: the more I know about her, the less inclined I feel to pass a too-harsh or premature judgment. Some essential mercy in me has been switched on.
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
