Tag Archives: Mahoning Valley

Working-Class Journalism: A Model for Teaching

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Working-Class Perspectives

Among seemingly endless reports, studies and speculations that have almost unanimously heralded the death of the newspaper, the Columbia Journalism Review’s recent study stands out as both incisive and constructive for its detailed summation of the conditions that have caused … Continue reading →

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Jobs, Ideology, and Policy: Putting Workers First

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Working-Class Perspectives

During the 1980s recession, as steel mills closed and auto plants began downsizing around the country, neoconservative economists insisted that the jobs lost to deindustrialization would soon be replaced by new jobs.  In Youngstown then, we knew better.  And as … Continue reading →

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Obama’s DeLorean?

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Working-Class Perspectives

I know I’ve used the déjà vu/time machine analogy before,  but if Michael J. Fox can make three Back to the Future movies, then I can make a sequel, too.  Every time I read about how the Democrats first pandered … Continue reading →

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Economic hope for the Mahoning Valley

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Working-Class Perspectives

On August, 21, 2008 General Motors’ CEO Rick Wagoner stood on a makeshift stage in front of a packed audience of Lordstown autoworkers, state and local politicians, and civic leaders from the Mahoning Valley to announce that his troubled global … Continue reading →

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