A new report shows that the income gap between rich and poor in America is at an eight-decade high — the largest differential since the period immediately preceding the Great Depression. And economists fear that the education and job-creation programs that could bridge this gap are lacking in the More…
A new ABC News poll shows that 45 percent of Americans consider themselves middle class, a significant difference from other polls that find when asked unprompted, 80 percent of Americans self-identify as middle class. The difference: ABC asked people to identify as middle, working or upper-middle More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In my piece yesterday, I took a look at whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s record on issues important to the working class has matched her efforts on the national stage to woo that important voting bloc.
Palin has described herself as an “every-day” American and a “Joe More…
TWI’s Laura McGann, our temporary Anchorage bureau chief, just posted an enlightening piece about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Though the GOP vice-presidential nominee repeatedly calls herself “working class” and talks about her familiarity with its problems, her policies have been just the opposite.
Laura tracks four major issues where More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On the campaign trail over the past two weeks, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been courting the working-class vote.
“I know what Americans are going through,” she said after the stock markets took another dive last week. “Todd and I, heck, we’re going through that right now More…
With the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. and the Bank of America takeover of Merrill Lynch roiling Wall Street, Sen. John McCain attempted to reassure voters about the economy at a rally this morning in Jacksonville, Fla.
Before an audience of about 3,000, McCain repeated More…
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