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The idea that manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas or across borders to other countries is a frequent explanation from both Republicans and Democrats about why the American middle class has been hollowed out.

But it's a convenient half-truth. The other side we don't talk about is the other kind of offshoring, from the shores of the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

Grant talks to Middlebury College Associate Professor Gary Winslett, whose new article for the Washington Post is all about this other offshoring and why we should be talking more about it. Their conversation is a deep dive into why manufacturing left the Midwest for the South, how the new talk of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's Abundance mindset fits into all this, and whether the leaders of both parties are just too old to see a way forward.

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Manufacturing is thriving in the South. Here's why neither party can admit it.

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The Trump administration ramps up its attacks on higher education, specifically Harvard and foreign students.

But what does it mean to lose the tens of thousands of foreign students who attend American universities every year?

Grant breaks down how we got here, what the White House is doing, and how it will affect all of us.

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The 2024 election report card, or autopsy, depending on how you want to talk about it, for Democrats is out, and it is a failing grade almost across the board.

Democrats lost with practically every kind of voter from almost every walk of life except young, college-educated women. Grant breaks down what this new report tells us about where voters are and where the Democratic party is heading if nothing changes.

Then there's more bad news for Democrats as a separate poll finds people think of the Democratic party as weak, corrupt, and too liberal, while the party grapples with who is going to emerge as its next leader.

It will be a rocky 524 days to the next midterm election if you vote blue.

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