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There's a growing fight in the U.S. led by President Barack Obama to raise the minimum wage. A handful of states have the issue on the ballot this year, and in others such as Tennessee, there's a grassroots effort to give people an hourly boost. In our continuing Route 2014 series, CCTV America's Sean Callebs traveled to Memphis, Tennessee where impoverished workers are pushing for a better quality of life.

CCTV America's Sean Callebs speaks to residents Waynesville, Missouri, a small town outside of a the Army training base of Fort Leonard Wood, as part of our ongoing series, Route 2014: The road to the U.S. election.

Marty Wayland of Berea, Kentucky, is a member of the morning coffee mafia at Berea Coffee & Tea and says a lack of education is the biggest problem facing America today.

A little more than one week from now, voters in the United States will make their decisions for a wide range of political offices. At every ballot box voters will choose who should represent them at the federal level in Washington. Here's a look at how the vote works and why it matters.

America's midterm elections explained  American voters are just over a week away from casting their ballots in the midterm elections.  Midterms are often seen as a referendum on a President's performance. And that determines how voters decide who's going to represent them at the Federal level, in the Senate and the House. CCTV's Rachelle Akuffo explains.

To find out how U.S. voters are faring ahead of the big election, a team of CCTV America's journalists hit the road and stopped in some all-American cities. In Nashville, Tennessee Sean Callebs found out that the economic beat goes on no matter what's happening in Washington.

CCTV’s Sean Callebs begins his Route 2014 series with a look at the hot-button issue of immigration reform. There are two things candidates in Chicago could almost always count on in November – cold weather and a strong democratic showing from the Latino community. But Hispanic voters in the U.S. are angry, and frustrated with what they say are broken promises from President Obama to reform immigration laws –and make the country a better place for the undocumented workers. Latinos are threatening to stay away from the polls to show Democrats they can’t take their vote for granted.

Kelli Martin from Memphis tells us what she thinks are the biggest challenge facing America: health care and Social Security.