Political reporter Monica Potts returned to her hometown of Clinton, #Arkansas to investigate the effect of a stagnant #economy and how it created fertile ground for #racism among white residents.
In our magazine, an excerpt from her book Forgotten Girls: A Memoir about Friendship and Lost Promise in America.
https://www.texasobserver.org/white-people-rural-arkansas-recession-forgotten-girls/
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