News – Page 3833 – People's World

Community forum targets “Secure Communities”

August 31, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Concern is rising rapidly among immigrant communities and civil liberties advocates as law enforcement agencies step up sharing of personal information.

Tea party tries to stop hurricane cleanup

August 30, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Hurricane Irene is history, but the cleanup efforts and a new controversy over allocation of federal money remain.

Unemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?

August 30, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.

Boom or bust? Two visions from a Pennsylvania park

August 30, 2011 By Scott Hiley

"Sacrifice our water? No fracking way!" inked on the wooden fence in Colton Point State Park, sitting squarely atop one of the world's richest natural gas deposits.

Chile resists – students and labor join forces

August 30, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Anational strike called by the Workers' United Center of Chile (CUT), massed 400, 000 people in the capital city of Santiago and 200,000 elsewhere.