*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Carol Anderson has written a book that will make many white Americans uncomfortable. Or at least it ought to. They should read it ...

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, ...

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” 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 ...

A new book gorges on negative cliches about rural voters and what motivates them. The writers of “White Rural Rage” don’t want to listen. They want to regurgitate every red, rural stereotype ...

After complaining that a proposed discussion about the history of the fight for voting rights wouldn’t give voice to “the other side,” most members of the Lafayette Parish Library Board decided in ...

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,” began Vince, “so why don’t you talk like ...

Dear White men, why are you so angry? Social historian Edmond W. Davis challenges White men to confront the roots of their anger despite holding the greatest wealth, power and influence in America. He ...