After winning the 2016 election, Donald Trump promised to deliver new jobs and economic prosperity to Youngstown, Ohio, a city suffering from decades of decline. But four years on those promises never manifested. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone meet residents who lost their jobs and had their families split by economic necessity, and witness how the demise of the city’s only newspaper made it harder to hold politicians accountable for their failures
More from the Anywhere but Washington series:
- Civil rights and QAnon candidates: the fight for facts in Georgia – video
- Battle for the suburbs: can Joe Biden flip Texas? – video
- Troubled Florida, divided America: will Donald Trump hold this vital swing state? – video
Source: Elections - theguardian.com
