Behind the News: Declining Health; Anticommunism
The Brookings Institute's Carol Graham (papers here, here, and here) on failing health and declining prospects among poor white people in the United States. Then, Kristen Ghodsee, co-author of this article, on the vile uses of anticommunism.
May 21, 2018
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Behind the News: Declining Health; Anticommunism
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Behind the News: Declining Health; Anticommunism
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The Brookings Institute's <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/experts/carol-graham/" rel="nofollow">Carol Graham</a><span> (papers </span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/longer-more-optimistic-lives-historic-optimism-and-life-expectancy-in-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow">here</a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/does-hope-lead-to-better-futures/" rel="nofollow">here</a><span>, and </span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/unequal-hopes-and-lives-in-the-u-s/" rel="nofollow">here</a><span>) on failing health and declining prospects among poor white people in the United States. Then, </span><a href="http://web.sas.upenn.edu/ghodseek/" rel="nofollow">Kristen Ghodsee</a><span>, co-author of </span><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-merits-of-taking-an-anti-anti-communism-stance" rel="nofollow">this article</a><span>, on the vile uses of anticommunism.</span>
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