Early in my first year at the Big U, a new friend from Chicago’s south side asked me what he thought was an innocent question. “You’re from southern Illinois,” Vince began, “so why don’t you talk like ...

The authors of the book "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy," argued that White rural voters are the most dangerous "geodemographic" group in America on MSNBC on Monday. Professor of ...

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, many on the left have tried to find some way to explain his appeal. The usual narrative is that Trump appeals to mostly white, mostly blue-collar, ...

If you’ve been watching television or tracking trending topics over the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen or read something about “white rural rage.” This is owed to the publication of a new book, ...

Tom Schaller is a professor of political science at the University of Maryland who ironically began to become obsessed with politics after he was kicked out of SUNY Plattsburgh in 1987, after ...

White Rural Rage, the new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, stands out in its genre for some of the things it doesn’t do. It’s not a long finger-wag at Democrats and liberals for ignoring rural ...

“White Rural Rage” misuses data to villainize rural Americans as the greatest threat to American democracy. The real threat is that poorly supported and damaging stereotypes will drive a deeper wedge ...

In White Rural Rage the Threat to American Democracy, Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman carry a grindstone in search of an ax. They just don’t like rural America. They contend that white rural America has ...

The urban/rural political divide has been a gold mine for media and political entrepreneurs over the past decade. In their telling, urban areas signify progress and the future, while the rural ...