Overview
"In the wake of Trump's presidency, Republican-led states have joined in an alarming assault on our democratic system. But the drift toward authoritarianism in red states has far deeper roots. We now have a country where tens of millions of people live under regimes that have spent years starving education and health care, empowering polluters, engaging in voter suppression, and neglecting their citizens' well-being in the interest of cutting taxes for the wealthy. In States of Neglect, journalist William Kleinknecht surveys the landscape of neglect in states including Texas, Florida, and Arizona through the experiences of a rich cast of characters. He visits environmental dead zones in the Texas Gulf region. He investigates Arizona's abandonment of public education and its corrupt charter school industry. He shows how Mississippi's denuded health care system has made the Magnolia State the sickest in the nation. And he explains how North Carolina allows its people to sink into poverty while catering to the needs of corporations. As a postscript, Kleinknecht proposes how progressive states on either coast might join in a compact of ""progressive federalism"" that uses their superior economic and cultural resources to counter the influence of the far right."
Full Product Details
Author: William Kleinknecht ,
Jonathan Todd Ross
Publisher: Kalorama
Imprint: Kalorama
ISBN: 9798212549646
Publication Date: 28 March 2023
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""A scathing rebuke of Republican politicians who have created financial opportunities for companies at the expense of the health and safety of their constituents...[with] copious evidence, impassioned prose, and astute political analysis."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""An impassioned critique of Republican state officials for the harm they cause their most vulnerable residents."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""The author begins each chapter by humanizing an issue, and he highlights the states and governors deemed responsible for the harmful decisions and legislation. -- ""Library Journal"""
Author Information
William Kleinknecht is a longtime newspaper reporter who covered politics, government, criminal justice, and the environment for the Detroit Free Press, New York Daily News, and Newark Star-Ledger. The author of The Man Who Sold the World: Ronald Reagan and the Betrayal of Main Street America, The New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America, and States of Neglect: How Red-State Leaders Have Failed Their Citizens and Undermined America, he lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Jonathan Todd Ross is a writer and an Earphones and Audie Award-winning voice actor. He has lent his voice to numerous anime television shows, including Yu-Gi-Oh! and Sonic X.
