By ANN McFEATTERS
According to the Bush administration, this is the best of times for the American worker. According to the labor movement, this is the worst of times. What’s up?
By DALE McFEATTERS
This Labor Day is an apt occasion to reflect that Americans may be many things, but lazy isn’t one of them.
More than 151 million of us 16 and older are in the work force, 112 million of us in occupations that provide a service, according to the Census Bureau. Our median household income is $44,389 and the median weekly wage, $568.
Democrats enter the fall campaign with a clear edge in the high-stakes fight for control of the U.S. Congress, riding a wave of momentum that has them positioned to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and make significant gains in the Senate.
A Republican lawmaker fighting for re-election said Sunday he has not turned against President Bush’s Iraq policy but called for a withdrawal timetable to light a fire under the Iraqi government.
In the valley where Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky meet, people complain about the state of the nation, voicing as many frustrations as there are turns in the Ohio River.
In four decades of election polling, Warren Mitofsky pioneered the science that has quickly shown voters in America and abroad who won their elections and why.
A six-pack — think beer, not abs — hangs around the waist of a Senate leader’s college-age son in one photo. In another, the too-young daughter of a House candidate drinks alcohol. A Senate hopeful’s daughter shares an embrace and kiss with a woman in a third photo.
Republicans controlling Congress will focus on traditional strong suits of national defense and battling terrorism in a brief pre-election session that’s a prelude to the battle for control of Capitol Hill.
Republicans, fighting for survival like cornered animals, are running and hiding from President Bush, his unpopular war and his failed policies.