Archive: October 26, 2008 - November 1, 2008
Uninsured Consequences
Altoona, Penn. -- Vicky Zeoli has always had a love for books. She reads three a week. So when her three kids were out of the house and her husband had a good stable job, she decided to make...
By Travis Fox | October 31, 2008; 3:56 AM ET | Comments (12)
Motivating Republicans in Toledo
Toledo, Ohio – In this city in northwest Ohio, the one thing that motivates Republicans is the same thing that has Democrats fired up: Barack Obama. “In terms of the economy, it’s more being drawn away from Barack Obama,”...
By Travis Fox | October 30, 2008; 3:55 AM ET | Comments (27)
The Cost of Keeping a Job
Three Rivers, Mich. – For the last three decades the most prized possession in this small town in southwestern Michigan was a job at the American Axle plant. It was backbreaking work, assembling axles mostly for General Motors four-wheel-drive...
By Travis Fox | October 29, 2008; 3:46 AM ET | Comments (28)
From the New Deal to a "Great Deal"
Enlarge Photo Jack Delano/Library of Congress During the 1930s, the government hired photographers to document the toll the Great Depression was having on average Americans (all the previous photos I’ve featured fall into that category). The photographers were also...
By Travis Fox | October 28, 2008; 7:20 AM ET | Comments (2)
A Retail Slump Threatens an American Dream
Milwaukee – Young Rae Cho has been selling hiphop clothing in the inner city for 20 years after immigrating from South Korea. He stayed in the neighborhood through the good years and bad. But now he is frightened for...
By Travis Fox | October 26, 2008; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (5)
