Germany’s rightward shift reflects Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt realignment — and Democratic failures with the working class

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Germany’s rightward shift reflects Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt realignment — and Democratic failures with the working class

It’s hard not to see the political parallels between Cottbus, a city of 100,000 about 75 miles south of Berlin, and Rust Belt swaths of Northeastern Pennsylvania.