The Atlantic

Obama Makes His Pitch for the Middle Class

This afternoon, President Obama gave a speech on the middle class and the economy from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He outlined six cornerstones of bolstering the middle class — and insisted ...
The Gazette

Obama to focus on middle class in State of Union address

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will challenge the Republican-led Congress with tax-raising ideas ...
The Portland Mercury

President Obama Talks About the Economy and the Middle Class

The full text of his speech can be found here (in the video his speech starts at the 49 minute mark). The crux of the speech is this: With an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and ...
CBC.ca

State of the union address: Barack Obama touts 'middle-class economics'

U.S. President Barack Obama challenged the Republican-led Congress on Tuesday to break out of the "tired old patterns" of confrontational politics and back an effort to lift the middle class, with ...