Rust Belt Voters aren’t all White, but Election Coverage of the Region often Ignores the Concerns of People of Color There

Rust Belt Voters aren’t all White, but Election Coverage of the Region often Ignores the Concerns of People of Color There

Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a term that describes Midwestern industrial and manufacturing states whose economies were decimated by the decline of those industries in the 1970s. This region contains the coveted states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Many rural parts of these states have a majority of white […]