"Disastrous idea": Postal Service ends Saturday mail
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays, although it will continue Saturday package delivery.
Immigration reform fight begins in earnest
The move for reform has been spearheaded by undocumented youth themselves, but also includes Obama, sections of the Democratic Party, labor, churches and other community organizations.
Obama, FCC expanding public Wi-Fi
The move is intended to decrease network congestion and enhance media (such as streaming HD videos). It is also an important shift, however, in the direction of free Internet for everyone.
Faith groups to Publix: Fairness for farmworkers
"Knowing that our brothers and sisters who are farmworkers are not being treated fairly - their working conditions are abhorrent, we're standing with them today."
Austerity busting bill introduced
The Progressive Caucus bill, called the Balancing Act, invests in job creation and calls for paying for those investments with defense cuts.
Will Republicans keep blocking Violence Against Women Act?
Earlier, Republicans blocked reauthorization because they opposed extending protections to 30 million women who are undocumented immigrants, Native Americans, LGBT, or students on campuses.
Today in labor history: Radical Reconstruction and 40 acres and a mule
In 1866, Thaddeus Stevens offered an amendment to a bill requiring 40 acre plots be parceled out to former slaves from both confiscated and public land in the former slave South.
Today in history: Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born 100 years ago
In honor of the centennial of the birth of Rosa Parks, we are rerunning the following People's World article, "Rosa Parks: courageous fighter for justice, " by Debbie Bell.
Despite the NRA, most Americans favor gun control
Now is the time to bring about meaningful change and mobilize progressives to support those fighting for change.
Chicago activists: Ending police crimes is fight for democracy
Alton Logan spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, because evidence exonerating him was concealed by officers of the Chicago Police Department.
