After all the slander and name calling calms down, someone needs to check the facts on red states vs blue states. That assignment was taken up by William Kleinknecht, in States of Neglect. As readers might glean from the title, states with Republican governments are being dismantled and impoverished ...more
A very well documented account of the process by which, with the push of corporations further empowered by Citizen United, states have entered an era of neglect not just for the welfare of their citizen but the very existence of a future for them and of the results of that neglect. From the ongoing ...more
States of Neglect by William Kleinknecht shows the history and details of how so many red states have neglected their citizens in order to cater to corporations and score ideological brownie points.
Most people realize the glaring differences between blue states and red states, from voter suppression ...more
Absolutely incredible. Fact filled and addresses a multitude of issues Americans are facing from education to climate change. It takes you through the history of various red and blue states to show how we have arrived to the state of our country today.