Connecticut leaders to receive People’s World awards
Three leaders have been named as recipients of the Amistad Award to be presented here by the People's World on Sunday, Dec. 5.
House GOP freshman: I want my government health care, now!
"This is the only employer I've ever worked for where you don't get coverage the first day you are employed," the right-wing GOP representative-elect said.
Trumka: Voters don't want to go back
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said as he wrapped up campaigning in Philadelphia on Election Day that voters "don't want to go back to the times when Wall Street controlled everything."
Crunch time for the midterm elections
It's crunch time! The polls are open and today's the day to cast your vote for candidates who will fight for working families, not candidates funded by the corporations.
Poll: candidates backing health care likely victors in November
Fifty-four percent of voters say they would be more likely to back a candidate who supported health care reform. That number includes 51 percent of independents and 70 percent of Democratic voters.
California takes lead in health care reform
California has taken the lead among states in implementing the health care reform legislation passed by Congress last March.
Poverty up, uninsured up
The Great Recession hit home and hit hard in 2009, the Census Bureau said, as the number of uninsured leaped by 4.4 million in one year.
30,000 mentally ill may be cut off in Texas
The national average for mental health care spending is $103 per capita, but in Texas, it is $34, yet the state Legislature is planning drastic cuts.
New health care law benefits women and children
The new health care reform law, the Affordable Health Care Act, contains numerous benefits for women and children, women's advocates say.
Budget impasse hurts millions of Californians
Programs affecting millions of Californians face a double-whammy: delays in funding, and uncertainty about what funding they will ultimately receive.
