On this episode of Start Making Sense, Anthony Flaccavento talks about a Rural New Deal, and Katha Pollitt critiques Judith Butler’s new book.
President Joe Biden speaking at the Dutch Creek Farms as he kicked off his Rural Investment Tour on November 1, 2023.(Christopher Mark Juhn / Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Rural America is Trump country. In 2016, Hillary got barely 30 percent of the rural vote. Biden did only a little better in 2020. But he can do a lot better than that this year—and he needs to, if he’s going to carry some of the swing states. Anthony Flaccavento will explain—he’s a cofounder and the executive director of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative.
Also: Judith Butler may be the most famous feminist theorist in the world today. Now, Butler has a new book out, with the provocative title, Who’s Afraid of Gender? Katha Pollitt provides a critique.
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