Monday, March 25, 2019

LOUISIANA - Red State Paradox

"Why Louisianans blame government, not corporations, for pollution problems" PBS NewsHour 3/21/2019

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild traveled to Louisiana, the second-poorest state, to explore why its neediest populations simultaneously rely on federal aid and reject the concept of “big government.”  As Paul Solman reports, the author and professor discovered many residents feel betrayed by their state's government for failing to protect them from toxic pollution that risks their health.

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