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1.3 million jobless could go over the cliff Dec. 28

December 10, 2013 By John Wojcik

"I was once the main breadwinner but now we are not really able to make ends meet."

Pope calls church to action to liberate poor

December 2, 2013 By Henry Millstein

In Pope Francis' document, he denounces the anti-human effects of the "idolatry"of the market and the radical wealth inequality resulting from it, but what is really new is making this issue the center of the Catholic...

Francis does it again: Attacking the “tyranny” of unfettered capitalism

November 27, 2013 By PAI

Francis I is blasting the "tyranny" of unfettered capitalism, economic inequity and financial finagling.

Today in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40

November 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.

Madagascar to hold runoff election in December

November 12, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Madagascar today is one of the richest nations in the region, and one of the poorest. It has vast natural resources (gold, nickel, cobalt, petroleum), but 92 percent of its people live on $2.00 per day...