Connecticut youth lead fight for jobs
Youth groups are focused on linking the problem of youth violence to the lack of job opportunities.
Tenants get together and fight slumlord
Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.
Chicago mayor aims to aggressively privatize schools
The mayor's plan will affect 10,000 students, mostly Black and Latino, and result in the firing of 600 teachers, principals, building maintenance, cafeteria and other workers.
Florida family fights to stay together
The couple met on a blind date and fell in love. No family, especially one with two young children, should have to face so much adversity in order to stay united, they say.
Occupy Our Homes shakes up mortgage giants
In 20 cities across America today hundreds of protesters disrupted foreclosure auctions, squatted in foreclosed homes and staged dramatic public showdowns against big banks and housing giants
Chicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback
They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.
