http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/11/holiday_shopping.html

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/11/thanksgiving_gas.html

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Dr Christian Weller tells CNN that this holiday season bring economic hardship to middle class Americans -- higher gas prices, a growing credit crunch, higher heating bills, slow job growth and a frightening housing market.

http://www.americanprogress.org/