“In Congress, I will fight to defend the American dream,” said Yesli Vega, a former police officer who is the daughter of civil-war refugees from El Salvador and who is running for a House seat in Virginia, posted on Twitter. Several other House hopefuls, many of them Latinas, frequently cite the words in social media posts, digital ads, campaign literature and speeches. Television ads for more than a dozen Republican candidates in statewide, House and Senate campaigns - more than half of whom are people of color - cite the phrase, according to AdImpact, the ad-tracking firm. We analyzed the ads they're using to do it.
primaries, believing they'll be easier to defeat in November.
Campaign Ads : In what critics say is a dangerous gamble, Democrats are elevating far-right candidates in G.O.P. G.O.P.’s Dimming Hopes : Republicans are signaling concern that the midterm sweep they anticipated is complicated by attention on former President Donald J. Sensing a Shift : Democrats, once beaten down by the prospect of a brutal midterm election, are daring to dream that they can maintain control of Congress, but a daunting map may still cost them the House. A strong Democratic showing in a New York special election is the latest example. Wade, it’s hard to see the once-clear signs of a Republican advantage. Evidence Against a Red Wave : Since the fall of Roe v. More Coverage of the 2022 Midterm Elections Trump, who said in 2015 that “the American dream is dead.” In the same way that many Trump supporters have tried to turn the American flag into an emblem of the right, so too have these Republicans sought to claim the phrase as their own, repurposing it as a spinoff of the Make America Great Again slogan. To the Republican candidates embracing it today, the phrase has taken on an ominous and more pessimistic tone, echoing the party’s leader, former President Donald J. To politicians of old, “the American dream” was a supremely optimistic rhetorical device, albeit one that often obscured the economic and racial barriers that made achieving it impossible for many. Many of these Republicans are people of color - including immigrants and the children of immigrants, for whom the phrase first popularized in 1931 has a deep resonance. Recommended by Teresa Steele, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, COĭo you have a favorite local indie bookstore? Let us know in the comments.Now, a new crop of Republican candidates and elected officials are using the phrase in a different way, invoking the same promise but arguing in speeches, ads and mailings that the American dream is dying or in danger, threatened by what they see as rampant crime, unchecked illegal immigration, burdensome government regulations and liberal social policies. Where They Found Her By Kimberly McCreight Recommended by Paige Mushaw, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT Recommended by Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC #The next big thing tampa 2015 how to#
How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky By Lydia Netzer
Recommended by Amanda Hurley, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL Recommended by Mary Laura Philpott, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN Demi Marshall, Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC Cumming’s early life was a struggle and he hardly shies from relating details, but the driving force behind this book is the demonstration of the many ways one can bring oneself to peace after hardship.” The pace is perfect, the presentation truly lovely, and I felt like a close friend rather than an impersonal audience. Cumming’s memoir is a gorgeous, intimate conversation and it reads beautifully.
Independent booksellers are and have always been discoverers of the next big thing, the next great read, the next bestseller, and the next undiscovered gem.Įvery so often reading a memoir feels like a conversation rather than a strict narrative or-the death knell for memoir-a self-indulgent romp down memory lane. This month we highlight books that have appeared on the Indie Next List, a hand-picked selection from booksellers across the U.S.
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