When We’re Talking About Crowd Size at the Inauguration We Also Need to Talk About Class [PSMag.com]

The Women’s March in Washington had three times more people in attendance than did President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Many have argued about the reasons for these numbers (see here, here, and here), and used them both individually and together to make claims about activism and political support. But something is missing from these conversations. In order to fully understand the differences in attendance at these events in D.C., and to avoid taking these numbers to mean something they do not, we must account for class and race.

[For more of this story, written by Sarah Diefendorf & Emily Gade, go to https://psmag.com/when-were-ta...2d1814006#.vf5xkl8d1]