PBS NewsHour

Why red states depend on and distrust government the most

Clip: 11/01/2016 | 5m 55s

Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild set out to explore what she saw as a paradox in American political life: red states depend the most on the federal government, but also distrust it the most. It’s the topic of her new book, “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right,” for which she traveled to Louisiana to research the phenomenon. She sits down with Jeffrey Brown.

Aired: 11/01/16

Rating: NR

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