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U.S. policy driving the children north

July 21, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The poverty and suffering of Guatemalans, and especially indigenous Guatemalans, is rooted in long term U.S. policy in the region.

House GOP rams through latest devastating Ryan budget

April 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The House's ruling Republicans jammed through a GOP-written budget blueprint for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, by a 219-205 vote on Apr. 10.

Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots

April 2, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.

Cutting food assistance increases hunger

November 7, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Last week the Illinois Watchdog published an article that trivialized the effects of the Nov. 1 SNAP benefit cuts, stating they were "neither a surprise nor a problem."

In New York, Lhota leans right

October 22, 2013 By Gabe Falsetta And Jarvis Tyner

Lhota has a big problem: he wants to continue Bloomberg's pro Wall Street policies, but to get votes he must paint himself as a liberal. It appears that tactic is not going to fly.