A community forum held at the University of Akron last night hopes to be a step toward helping Northeast Ohio's middle class find ways to deal with the changing economy. Reclaim the Dream evolved from a series of Akron Beacon
Long before it became a daily, even hourly, headline, the troubled economy was getting a close look in northeastern Ohio. At a community forum tonight, that examination moves from a study of the problems to a community search for solutions.
It's easy for a task like voting to get lost in the traffic of daily life, even in an election year that's exciting and historic. But for one Ohio woman, voting was more than just something on her to-do list
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told a crowd of union workers in Warren that he and Barack Obama want to rebuild labor and the middle class. That struck a chord with many people who are worried about the economy.
The government's $700 billion bailout of the financial industry has done little so far to stimulate the slumping housing market. Home values continue to drop and interest rates haven't dropped as low as the industry hoped. Some Northeast Ohio banks
