National – Page 333 – People's World

Despite snow, students lobby for #DebtFreeFuture

March 24, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

College students face many issues today, including raising tuition rates and cuts to programs. Student loan debt topped $1 trillion and is expected to reach (and even surpass) $1.3 trillion.

Michigan same-sex marriage ban overturned, but not for long

March 24, 2014 By John Rummel

We were "excited, nervous, just like everyone else would feel," said Kim Hettinger and MaryAnn Northcote of Waterford.

Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor

March 24, 2014 By Susan Webb

"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."

Illinois working families face major threat with Rauner primary win

March 24, 2014 By John Bachtell

Working families, organized labor, progressives and other democratic forces face a major threat from the right with billionaire venture capitalist Bruce Rauner.

Fracking encroaches on Pennsylvania forests

March 21, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Five activists were arrested Mar. 20 in Pennsylvania's Tiadaghton State Park for protesting fracking operations there. Blocking the only access point to a wellpad, they chained themselves to barrels of concrete.