White Women for Trump? What’s The Cash Value of Racism in America? / The Karen Hunter Show on Sirius XM Radio
Tracie McMillan on her book ‘The White Bonus,’ and white women voters. Great convo with Karen Hunter.
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Discussing JD Vance’s White Bonus / Solutions On WURD with Amadee Braxton (radio)
Tracie McMillan joins Amadee Braxton to discuss applying the framework of The White Bonus to JD Vance. You can watch the segment on WURD’s Facebook page here, starting at minute 18:30.
Weekend reads for October 5, 2024 / The Ink (newsletter)
The Ink, a newsletter “On politics and culture, money and power, from Anand Giridharadas,” listed “Being white paid off for JD Vance—by $20 million (at least)” by Tracie McMillan for Reckon News as one of the weekend reads the week of October 5th. Click here to read this issue.
JD Vance’s White Bonus Story Co-Published by Amsterdam News, Cincinnati City Beat
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.
Tracie McMillan joins Tavis Smiley / The Tavis Smiley Show (radio)
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
Preview: JD Vance’s White Bonus
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
Being white paid off for JD Vance—by $20 million (at least) / Reckon
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
Capital & Main: Eos Energy’s Pittsburgh-area plant unionizes, Michigan care workers watch Senate bills
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
Author Discussion on Slavery and Race in America / Mississippi Book Festival (C-SPAN)
Authors Tracie McMillan, Kidada Williams, Grace Elizabeth Hale and Dionne Ford spoke about slavery and race in America. Watch the panel on C-SPAN.
‘Payment for my silence’: A Brooklyn writer lost out on a $350K inheritance from her father after airing out the family’s dirty laundry — here’s what to do if you suddenly get disinherited / Moneywise
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
