U.S. – Page 2010 – People's World

E. coli deaths point to food safety failures

November 3, 2009 By Susan Webb

Two people have died and another 28 are ill after eating ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The deaths underscore the failures of the nation's food safety system.

Climate change takes center stage

November 3, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Climate change topped headlines in Washington and around the world this week.

Cleveland council race features unique candidate

November 3, 2009 By Teresa Albano

CLEVELAND - Volunteers are going house to house in this hard-hit city's West Side, getting out the vote for a candidate who they believe will "shake things up" and bring change to a neighborhood pockmarked with...

A Bronx cheer for anti-union development deal

November 2, 2009 By Louise Farkas

BRONX, N.Y. – On Sunday, October 25, close to 1,000 Bronx residents overflowed the gymnasium of the St. Nicolas of Tolentine Church to demand a new “Blueprint for the Bronx,” a blueprint for responsible economic development,...

Bush administration federal rules bite the dust

November 2, 2009 By John Wojcik

Included in the new defense law signed by President Obama on Oct. 29 is a provision that ends, by 2012, the anti-labor "National Security Personnel System" started by President Bush.