ARLIE HOCHSCHILD asks why residents of the nation's second poorest state vote for candidates who resist federal help? Why, when corporations devastate their lives and their land, do they most hate the government? After five years talking with folks in Southern Louisiana, she sensed that a particular \u201cdeep story\u201d they share holds their political contradictions together. We\u2019ll talk about that story and wrestle with the challenge: What story can we offer them of a future more inviting than the past?
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http://aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2018/04/qa-arlie-hochschild-strangers-in-their-own-land-anger-mourning-on-the-american-right-what-new-story-can-make-americans-yearn-for-the-future-more-than-the-past/