A Look at the Original Underclass

Waste people. Rubbish. Clay-eaters. Hillbillies. Two new books, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg, a provocative, deeply researched history; and Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance, an affecting memoir, are well timed to help make better sense of the plight of struggling whites in... Read Article →