The Real Economy

Take a journey through "campaign land" in the latest from our series examining election issues in swing states

President Obama and Mitt Romney will be in New York this morning for speeches at the Clinton Global Initiative. Josh Dinman, meanwhile, will be at work in Loudoun County, trying to figure out which one of them he should vote for.

A woman living in Loudon County, Va., rides an economic roller coaster.

North Carolina community colleges work with local companies on which job skills to teach students.

Once reliably Republican, Loudoun County, Va., is a now a toss-up with a changing population.

Two decades after he moved to North Carolina's Research Triangle from Russia, Dmitiri Moundous started a new business called Alera Labs, and his son Gene, is among his first employees. One intends to vote. The other...

Cotton grower thinks immigration reform will help farm workers become upwardly mobile.

Terry Coleman, a restauranteur from Lenoir, N.C., talks about who she's voting for this fall, and why.

Lincolnton Furniture is hailed as a success story for bringing jobs back to the U.S.

Undecided voters in Florida and North Carolina share what their greatest concerns are in the upcoming election.