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NEWS ABOUT: working class

working class stories: 11 news summaries

Blue-Collar White Women Shift to Obama

Economic worries overcome key group's reservations about Obama

Oct 11, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's "Jane Sixpacks" are leaning toward the Democratic ticket in growing numbers, the Wall Street Journal reports. White, working-class women voters make up nearly a quarter of the electorate, and polls are finding that the economic crisis is convincing more voters in this vital group to back Barack Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • working class • female voters • blue-collar vote • Election 2008 • white women • swing states

Working Women Leery of Palin

Female solidarity aside, it's the economy, stupid —and Obama's feeling their pain

Sep 7, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Working-class women may decide who makes it to the White House, and while Sarah Palin piqued the interest of many undecideds, her gender isn’t enough to override their main concerns over soaring food and gas prices, unaffordable health care, and record-high unemployment. The Los Angeles Times takes the pulse... More »

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women • working class • Obama 2008 • female voters • swing voters • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 'Ivy Retardation' Curse of Elites

Inflated self-worth, narrow view of smarts disadvantage of life at top

Jul 27, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Its advantages are undeniable, but an elite education can also cause a crippling case of “Ivy retardation,” as William Deresiewicz realized while struggling, despite fluency in several languages, to make small talk with his blue-collar plumber in Boston. “The best and the brightest” develop an inflated sense... More »

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education • Ivy League • working class • elite

OPINION

To Court Blue-Collar
Vote, Light Up

Fellow Nicorette user urges Obama to take up smoking again

Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • tobacco • working class • cigarette • working-class vote • white voters

OPINION

George Will Knows the Working Class?

Scribe slams GOP pundit for his stance
on 'Bittergate'

Apr 18, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - George Will knows blue collar America? Probably not, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic, but the "fabulously wealthy, bow tie-wearing, pretentious" pundit still blasted Barack Obama for saying rural voters "cling to" firearms and religion. And Will is not alone—US leaders have long treated blue collar... More »

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Barack Obama • working class • George Will • blue-collar vote • Bittergate

'Screw 'Em,' Hillary Said of Working-Class Whites in '95

She was bemoaning setbacks in South

Apr 17, 08 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has criticized Barack Obama for talking down to low-income voters, but the Huffington Post digs up a quote from 1995 that appears to offer a different stance. Strategizing on how to win back working-class voters in the South, she told her husband: "Screw 'em. You don't owe... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • working class • Southerners • Election 2008 • low income voters

NAFTA Casts Wide Shadow on Ohio Vote

Clinton, Obama look
to score points
bashing trade pact

Mar 1, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle for votes in Ohio, each pushes a simple theme: NAFTA is bad. Ohio has been hit hard by free trade, which is why Obama reminds voters that Bill Clinton backed NAFTA. And both hopefuls have mined each other's comments for anything that favors... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Chrysler • Delphi • Cleveland • General Motors • Ohio • trade • Ford • working class • NAFTA • manufacturing • Ohio primary • Dayton, Ohio

UPDATED

Teamsters Endorse
Obama Over Clinton

It's another troubling sign for Hillary and her base

Feb 20, 08 3:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The Teamsters union endorsed Barack Obama today, giving him a chance to make further inroads into Hillary Clinton's base of blue-collar workers. Obama met with Teamsters chief Jim Hoffa today, who afterward gave Obama the backing of the 1.4-million-member union, the Chicago Tribune reports. The move could help in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Ohio • Pennsylvania • working class • labor unions • teamsters • endorsement • Pennsylvania primary • Election 2008 • Teamsters • James P. Hoffa

Blue-Collar Voters Not
Sold on Obama

College grads prefer him by 20%; working class goes for Clinton

Feb 9, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s camp has spotted Hillary Clinton’s edge among working class voters, the Chicago Tribune reports. A recent Obama campaign memo said he expects to lose in states where collars are more blue than white. And numbers support the Dem divide: Workers picked Hillary over Obama by 60%... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • working class • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Class Reigns Supreme in Britain

Oct 20, 07 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Labour Party says a classless society can be a reality in England, but after 10 years in power, their country still feels deeply divided by class. According to a Guardian survey, 89% of Britons felt they were judged by their class, with almost half saying it counted for... More »

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middle class • Labour Party • working class • Britain

Coney Island on Track for Ritzy Makeover

Fans grumble at cyclone-speed gentrification

Jul 11, 07 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Landmark Brooklyn amusement park Coney Island is set to undergo a major makeover as an upscale techno-theme park with ritzy retail space and timeshare towers, the Washington Post reports. Thor Equities bought much of the six-block thrill park and officials hope to launch the $1.5B renovation in 18 months—... More »

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New York real estate • New York City • New York • Brooklyn • cyclone • hot dogs • Coney Island • Gentrification • real estate development • timeshare • high rises • amusement parks • rollercoasters • working class • Shoot the Freak • Fran Lebowitz

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