Sometimes you have to go a long, long way to discover truths that are distinctly close to home. Over the last five years, I’ve done just that — left my home in iconically liberal Berkeley, California, and traveled to the bayous of Tea Party Louisiana to find another America that, as Donald Trump’s presidential bid has made all too clear, … Continue reading Arlie Russell Hochschild – Donald Trump in the Bayou – The Tea Party, a Sinkhole in Louisiana, and the Contradictions of American Political Life