Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences—even for the white voters they promise to help.
In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans a…
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