Pride and poverty in America
Chris Arnade travels across America to report on communities who are rarely heard
'The pill mill of America': where drugs mean there are no good choices, only less awful ones
For six days in Portsmouth, Ohio, I keep trying to fool myself. Eventually, I am unable to just watch and listen
White flight followed factory jobs out of Gary, Indiana. Black people didn't have a choice
Residents who know the ugliness of racial politics all too well blame automation, not immigrants, for the destruction and despair that Trump promised to fix
Nostalgia: the yearning that will continue to carry the Trump message forward
Economic anguish after years of prosperity drove millions to Donald Trump’s nationalistic agenda, and continues to fuel resentment of an America many feel has left them behind
Outside coastal cities an ‘other America’ has different values and challenges
Beyond the bubbles of the big cities and elite college campuses is an America that values community over careers, and has faced a downward trajectory for decades
What I learned after 100,000 miles on the road talking to Trump supporters
Donald Trump’s message resonates in the most forgotten corners of the US, because viewed from these places, America no longer seems a great country
'Living in hell'? Milwaukee's black residents defy Trump's stereotypes
Photographer and writer Chris Arnade spent a week in one of the most segregated neighborhoods in Milwaukee, where 23-year-old Sylville Smith was shot by the police last August
Pride and pain in Trump country: 'We all grew up poor, but we had a community'
In Floyd County, Kentucky, residents grapple with joblessness and addiction. But local churches, restaurants and a Walmart serve as centers of mutual support
What do Donald Trump voters really crave? Respect
They want respect because they haven’t just lost economically, but also socially. But it’s dangerous territory: anger tainted with revenge and, sometimes, racism
Life looking across the US-Mexico border in El Paso: 'You are glad you are here'
From the Texas border town, you can see and hear what’s happening in Ciudad Juárez across a fence – and it’s a reminder of what it means to be a US citizen
Mocked and forgotten: who will speak for the American white working class?
When you listen to poor people who work with their hands, you hear a uniform frustration and a constant anxiety – but it’s not just about economic issues
'Still a city of slaves' – Selma, in the words of those who live there
A beacon for the civil rights movement 50 years ago, the Alabama city’s largely African American population today struggles with joblessness, poverty and drugs
Working-class Americans feel screwed. I heard it across the entire country
Donald Trump has exposed the opportunity gulf between those who make policy and those who live it – turning immigrants into scapegoats in the process
