Participants wanted for Cuban essay contest
Cuba's Ministry of Culture and others are inviting writers to submit essays for their ninth annual International Essay Contest, "Thinking against the Mainstream."
NY families demand millionaire tax extension
Cuomo, who ran on a no-tax pledge, along with the GOP, opposes extension of a tax on millionaires.
Veterans Day 2011: Demand action on jobs
PeoplesWorld.org marks this Veterans Day with a question to the Republicans in Congress. Plus links to related stories.
Were college football profits protected at the expense of sexually abused children?
There is no escaping the charges Joe Paterno, his staff and his superiors including the entire Penn State University Board of Trustees should face.
Russell Pearce defeated, wake up call for anti-immigrant lawmakers
The powerful Republican state senator who authored Arizona's notorious anti-immigrant bill SB 1070, became the first sitting lawmaker in Arizona history to lose his seat in a recall election.
Big win for women in Mississippi, but downsides too
The ambiguously worded and short-sighted proposal, if passed, could have had terrible consequences for Mississippi women and their families.
Cooper Union students fight to keep school tuition free
The announcement by Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha that his institution may have to charge tuition has caught student, faculty and alumni off guard -but has solidly united them.
Ohio celebrates: Union-busting bill goes down by landslide
Labor and community activists throughout Ohio jubilantly celebrated the massive defeat of Issue 2 and repeal of the draconian union-busting SB 5.
More elderly are poor; net worth for young people worsens
The U.S. Census Bureau calculates that nearly twice as many older Americans qualify as poor than had been previously thought. At the same time, net worth disparity between younger and older is at an all-time high.
Voices of Occupy Chicago: fed up with plutocracy
Until recently, Chicago's Loop, known for its skyscrapers, corporate headquarters and high-powered law firms, was typically silent on weekends.
