Jim Tankersley The Washington Post
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The Advertising Decisions That Helped Doom Hillary Clinton
In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the outside groups that supported it - aired more television advertisements in Omaha than in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined.
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How Trump Won: The Revenge Of Working-Class Whites
For the past 40 years, America's economy has raked blue-collar white men over the coals. It whittled their paychecks. It devalued the type of work they did best. It shuttered factories and mines and shops in their communities. New industries sprouted in cities where they didn't live, powered by workers with college degrees they didn't hold.
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Why Inequality Is Worse For Your Wallet Than A Weak Economy
Two trends have socked American workers over the past three decades. The economy has grown more slowly than it did in the decades after World War II, and the growth we've seen has disproportionately boosted the incomes of the very rich.
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In Business Start-Ups, Rural America Is Falling Behind
Americans in small towns and rural communities are dramatically less likely to start new businesses than they have been in the past, an unprecedented trend that jeopardizes the economic future of vast swaths of the country.
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What Republicans Did 15 Years Ago To Help Create Donald Trump Today
The Republican establishment began losing its party to Donald Trump on May 24, 2000, at 5:41 p.m., on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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This Might be the Most Controversial Theory for the Rise of ISIS
The new argument by best-selling author Thomas Piketty suggests inequality is a major driver of Middle Eastern terrorism.
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Guns Are Deep in the Culture of Oregon Town Beset by Shooting
One week ago, the Roseburg Rod and Gun Club hosted a gun show at the local fairgrounds. Two hundred vendors turned out.
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The Advertising Decisions That Helped Doom Hillary Clinton
In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the outside groups that supported it - aired more television advertisements in Omaha than in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined.
-
How Trump Won: The Revenge Of Working-Class Whites
For the past 40 years, America's economy has raked blue-collar white men over the coals. It whittled their paychecks. It devalued the type of work they did best. It shuttered factories and mines and shops in their communities. New industries sprouted in cities where they didn't live, powered by workers with college degrees they didn't hold.
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Why Inequality Is Worse For Your Wallet Than A Weak Economy
Two trends have socked American workers over the past three decades. The economy has grown more slowly than it did in the decades after World War II, and the growth we've seen has disproportionately boosted the incomes of the very rich.
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In Business Start-Ups, Rural America Is Falling Behind
Americans in small towns and rural communities are dramatically less likely to start new businesses than they have been in the past, an unprecedented trend that jeopardizes the economic future of vast swaths of the country.
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What Republicans Did 15 Years Ago To Help Create Donald Trump Today
The Republican establishment began losing its party to Donald Trump on May 24, 2000, at 5:41 p.m., on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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This Might be the Most Controversial Theory for the Rise of ISIS
The new argument by best-selling author Thomas Piketty suggests inequality is a major driver of Middle Eastern terrorism.
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Guns Are Deep in the Culture of Oregon Town Beset by Shooting
One week ago, the Roseburg Rod and Gun Club hosted a gun show at the local fairgrounds. Two hundred vendors turned out.
