Janesville

An American Story

By: Amy Goldstein

Political Science

a washington post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a general motors’ assembly plant in janesville, wisconsin - paul ryan’s hometown - and a larger story of the hollowing of the american middle class.this is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the american heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. most observers record the...