'Deep red rural America' hurts most as Trump attacks on liberal programs backfire: report
President Donald Trump's efforts to eradicate federally funded arts and humanities programs may look like an attack on liberal ideals, but a new article argues that "deep red rural America" is being hurt the most — and pushing back the hardest.
That's because the arts and humanities programs Trump is cutting are "vital to the economic revitalization and wellbeing of many rural communities which leverage them in their local economic development initiatives, ranging from tourism to automotive investment," wrote sociology professors Michèle Lamont and Daniel B. Cornfield for Salon.
The professors argued that the arts and humanities organizations "do much more than organizing cultural events: they play a crucial role in fostering social bonds, as well as community and local identity and pride." ...