Blue Collar Workers

Obama and the Invisible Workingman

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics


David Paul Kuhn

Obama's agenda has been broad, but he has not been consumed with the crisis of his time. That crisis is blue collar joblessness. It's always been about jobs. Yet the Democratic leadership seems to have only recently noticed.

Trampling Working-Class Voters with the Professional Ideal

David Sirota | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

What Democrats are really asserting is that they believe Americans see factory, small-business, and agriculture jobs as merely a means to a white-collar professional ends.

Clinton Won't Do Much for Obama as VP or on the Campaign Trail

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Clinton is a team player and while she won't get the VP nod, she'll hit the trail for Obama. Top Democrats will cheer her for it. Just be advised it won't do or mean much to or for him.