Stories by Joan Walsh

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Posted on: Nov 28, 2012, Source: Salon

Romney's top strategist says his guy did fine because he won every group except folks making under $50,000

Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Source: Salon

Irish Catholics peddling nonsense about "dependency on government" need to read a new history of the Great Famine.

Posted on: Nov 15, 2012, Source: Salon

President Obama got an unfair advantage by giving "gifts" to woman and minorities? Come on.

Posted on: Nov 11, 2012, Source: Salon.com

Obama can only do so much: Angry older whites have to decide if they want to secede from our multiracial future.

Posted on: Nov 6, 2012, Source: Salon

From the stimulus through the auto rescue through Obamacare and, finally, Hurricane Sandy, Americans saw the Democratic president making a difference in their lives.

Posted on: Oct 31, 2012, Source: Salon

Romney likens hurricane relief to cleaning up "rubbish and paper products" from a football field. Is he joking?

Posted on: Oct 17, 2012, Source: Salon

They can’t appraise our first black president and his female former rival in anything other than the most degrading gender stereotypes.

Posted on: Sep 28, 2012, Source: Truthout

Race and ethnic stereotypes in this country make it harder to see the many tensions and recent ethnic changes in the population.

Posted on: Sep 20, 2012, Source: Salon

A new study busts harmful myths about white working class men and women.

Posted on: Aug 15, 2012, Source: Salon

In her new book, Joan Walsh discusses the complex story of why many in the white working class turned conservative.

Posted on: Jul 12, 2012, Source: Salon

Deriding "Obamacare" was bad, but Romney's support for voter suppression laws disrespects the group's entire legacy.

Posted on: Jan 9, 2012, Source: Salon

According to radical right-wingers, we’re all lazy, oversexed, instant-gratification-seeking grifters now. Even white people.

Posted on: Jan 2, 2012, Source: Salon

Whether Santorum finishes second, third or even first on Tuesday, he’s already had his best week ever. This campaign can’t go national.

Posted on: Nov 20, 2011, Source: Salon

Another day, another story about Gingrich profiteering. Well, three stories, actually.

Posted on: Sep 21, 2011, Source: Salon

Ron Suskind describes a leader pulled off course by his staff. But we still don't know where Obama wants to take us.