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Pride and Prejudice in JD Vance Country

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Editor’s note: Eight years ago, on the eve of the 2016 election, Mother Jones published a story by Arlie Russell Hochschild, a renowned sociologist who had spent five years interviewing a group of white Southern conservatives to understand…

Kemp tours Helene damage in Augusta and pledges to push for fast federal disaster aid for Georgia

An Augusta residence avoided any serious damage from a large tree that was knocked over early Friday after Hurricane Helene made landfall. Stanley Dunlap AUGUSTA —Gov. Brian Kemp joined several elected officials, emergency responders, and other officials Monday in Augusta-Richmond County as the area begins to slowly rebuild from the devastation caused when the remnants…