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Where is justice in cutting food stamps?

September 19, 2013 By Brian McAfee

Of those receiving government help in the form of food stamps or the SNAP program, 76 percent are children, disabled, or elderly.

A rising tide lifts only yachts?

September 19, 2013 By Sam Pizzigati

Letting wealth concentrate "at the very top," President Obama said, has been both "morally wrong" and "bad economics."

Orlando unionists organize for more worker power

September 9, 2013 By Ben Markeson

ORLANDO, Fla. - Even in a state with a "right-to-work" law like Florida, workers still need to join unions and leverage their power by collectively bargaining with employers.

Today in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born

September 6, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sequester sends San Jose, Calif., rents through roof

September 3, 2013 By Henry Millstein

Some 17,000 tenants on the Federal Section 8 housing program in Santa Clara County recently received rent hikes of 10 percent or more. The area has very nearly the highest housing cost of any place in...