“Last place aversion” accounts for white resentment of safety net programs. Huck’s father is an example of the process at work.
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Pap Would Have Voted for Trump
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Trump Policy Is Oliver Twist Redux
Dickens would have a field day with the Trump administration’s decision to separate children from their families.
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