Read more working class stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5243/working-class.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T09:33:28http://www.newser.com/story/83315/battered-middle-class-reports-struggling-stalling.htmlThe middle class is feeling the pinch. Of the 45% of Americans who consider themselves middle class—a fraction that's pretty much held steady for 4 decades—four in 10 say they’re struggling to remain there, according to a new ABC News poll. The biggest factor: education. Among those with...http://www.newser.com/story/83315/battered-middle-class-reports-struggling-stalling.html2010-03-15T18:55:00http://www.newser.com/story/39686/blue-collar-white-women-shift-to-obama.htmlAmerica'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, especially...http://www.newser.com/story/39686/blue-collar-white-women-shift-to-obama.html2008-10-11T09:51:07http://www.newser.com/story/36816/working-women-leery-of-palin.htmlWorking-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 of...http://www.newser.com/story/36816/working-women-leery-of-palin.html2008-09-07T17:11:44http://www.newser.com/story/33406/ivy-retardation-curse-of-elites.htmlIts 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 of self-worth and...http://www.newser.com/story/33406/ivy-retardation-curse-of-elites.html2008-07-27T10:09:44http://www.newser.com/story/30197/to-court-blue-collar-vote-light-up.htmlEveryone 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...http://www.newser.com/story/30197/to-court-blue-collar-vote-light-up.html2008-06-17T15:00:00http://www.newser.com/story/24965/george-will-knows-the-working-class.htmlGeorge 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 workers as...http://www.newser.com/story/24965/george-will-knows-the-working-class.html2008-04-19T00:37:16http://www.newser.com/story/24751/screw-em-hillary-said-of-working-class-whites-in-95.htmlHillary 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 them...http://www.newser.com/story/24751/screw-em-hillary-said-of-working-class-whites-in-95.html2008-04-17T13:14:00http://www.newser.com/story/20455/nafta-casts-wide-shadow-on-ohio-vote.htmlAs 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...http://www.newser.com/story/20455/nafta-casts-wide-shadow-on-ohio-vote.html2008-03-01T23:50:04http://www.newser.com/story/19576/teamsters-endorse-obama-over-clinton.htmlThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/19576/teamsters-endorse-obama-over-clinton.html2008-02-20T21:31:27