Wall Street

GOP blocks consumer head in attempt to kill new board

December 8, 2011 By John Wojcik

"Let's be clear - this isn't about the overwhelmingly qualified Richard Cordray, this is about the Republicans doing the banks bidding by standing with them against the 99 percent."

New Haven prepares for week of action for jobs

November 29, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Actions include supporting the emergency need for massive public works jobs to restart the economy and aid communities, to be paid for by taxing the rich and ending the wars.

Racism: pollutant that serves GOP, Wall St interests

November 21, 2011 By Sam Webb

Racism is the most persistent and pernicious form of division in our country. It creates a fault line in the labor and people's struggles that, if not overcome, irredeemably weakens them.

A new student uprising in the works?

October 13, 2011 By Jordan Farrar

Two hundred at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst targeted the Bank of America. The bank is planning to raise fees it charges for use of debit cards.

Jobs with Justice joins Chicago occupation (with video)

October 10, 2011 By Scott Marshall

For the last eleven months, Chicago Jobs with Justice has protested at the State of Illinois building to dramatize the consistently bad unemployment report issued by the US Department of Labor.