Archive: Ohio

• WCP: Have Ohio Democrats Learned Anything About the Working Class?

  Although some white working-class voters in swing states like Ohio are growing disillusioned with President Trump, that in itself will not be enough to win their votes come November. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, John Russo writes that Democrats must offer a strong vision of economic justice to hope for a different outcome this election cycle.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: 2018 Election, Dennis Kucinich, Economic Justice, John Russo, Midterm Election, Ohio, Richard Cordray, Sherrod Brown, Sherry Linkon, Swing State, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Fighting the Money Mongers

  As we learned from the Wells Fargo scandal, banks have the capacity to rob poor and working-class people. Consumers have little recourse when this occurs because they cannot afford the legal costs o

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Visiting Scholars Tags: Arbitration, Banking, Bargaining for the Common Good, Big Banks, Finance, John Russo, Marc Dann, Ohio, Payday lending, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Wells Fargo, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Why Clinton Could Lose the Working Class in Ohio

  As the Republican National Convention wraps up in Cleveland, John Russo explores why Hillary Clinton could lose working-class voters in Ohio and what she would need to do in order to win. The piece 

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Cleveland, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, John Russo, Ohio, Presidential Election, Republicans, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives, Working-Class Voters