News – Page 4417 – People's World

Former guerilla wins Uruguayan presidency

December 11, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In a runoff election on Nov. 29, José Mujica won the presidency by a 52 to 43 percent margin over former president Luis Alberto Lacalle of the right wing National Party.

Miami lessons: civil rights, recounts and tea-bags

December 11, 2009 By John Rummel

Before the civil rights movement burst onto the national scene, Bobbi Graff and people like her were leading struggles against lynching and police brutality and for desegregation.

Addison, Ill., Teamsters strike enters 8th week

December 11, 2009 By Benjamin Cline

Workers from Teamsters Local 705 have been on strike for eight weeks against Pain Enterprises in Addison, Ill.

Ft Drum killings: Another legacy of post traumatic stress?

December 11, 2009 By Tod Ensign

Early Tuesday morning, December 1st, Jefferson County sheriffs' deputies discovered the bodies of two Ft Drum soldiers, Spec. Waide T James, 20, of Cocoa, FL and Spec. Diego Valbuena, 23, of Port St Lucie, FL.

NY rally highlights health care’s human face

December 10, 2009 By Dan Margolis

Eric de la Cruz wasn't poor and just over five years ago, after visiting several doctors, Eric was told that he had a serious heart ailment that was curable by a transplant.