Two publications co-published the article “Being white paid off for JD Vance—by $20 million (at least).” The article is now available in Amsterdam News, co-published on September 30th, 2024. It was also co-published by Cincinnati City Beat on October 1, 2024.
October 4, 2024 • 22 mins Author Tracie McMillan on her new book “The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America,” and how Senator JD Vance has benefited from racist industries, polices and white male privilege. Listen on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Tavis Smiley … Read more
On September 30, I’ll be publishing a “white bonus” analysis of JD Vance with the good folks at Reckon. I have been deeply unsettled by major media’s willingness to repeat the myth that JD Vance comes from rural poverty. Like me, he was really a suburban Rust Belt kid with a sick mom and abusive childhood. And, … Read more
By Tracie McMillan See original article Update: The article was also co-published in Amsterdam News and Cincinnati City Beat. JD Vance, the Ohio senator and Republican candidate for vice president, does not talk much about being white. Yet an analysis of public records indicates that more than $20 million has flowed to the self-styled “hillbilly” … Read more
Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union Busting Kalena Thomhave, September 2, 2024Eos’ Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at “good clean jobs.” Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing. Pennsylvania Battery Plant Workers Vote to Unionize Kalena Thomhave, September 6, 2024Workers at Pittsburgh-area Eos Energy join the United … Read more
Authors Tracie McMillan, Kidada Williams, Grace Elizabeth Hale and Dionne Ford spoke about slavery and race in America. Watch the panel on C-SPAN.
Read the article on Moneywise. By Sabina WexTracie McMillan found out that her father disinherited her via postage. In July 2023, the Brooklyn-based writer received a hand-written letter from her father, telling her that he was removing her from his will. The reason? McMillan recounted a physical altercation between them in her most recent book, … Read more
Fire Season’s Front-Line Workers Get Organized Nathan Pipenberg, August 2, 2024Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend. A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union-Busting Has Boosted Organizing Gabriel Thompson, August 26, 2024Union elections are up in the year since the labor board created new penalties … Read more
When my dad wrote me out of his will, my future — and my relationship — felt more secure than ever. By Tracie McMillanSee original article. My dad disowned me last July. The news came in the mail. In a blocky script made wobbly with age — he’s 77 — my dad spent the first … Read more
By Tracie M. McMillan, Guest columnist.Read the original piece in the Detroit Free Press. You’d think my parents would have told me we fled integration. Instead, they said: We moved because of the schools. My family runs four generations deep here in southeastern Michigan: Pontiac and Waterford, Ann Arbor and Detroit, Rose Township and White Lake. … Read more
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