Southern California awards lunch raises friends for PW
Almost 60 friends of the People's World gathered here at the Los Angeles Workers Center to celebrate the People's World and its California contributors.
Arrest increases call for political reform in New York State
The recent arrest of Sheldon Silver is only the latest in a series of events that has raised the volume on calls for ethics and political reform in New York.
“Healthy Florida” plan may expand Medicaid in Sunshine State
Scott's support for expansion is very carefully limited, however.
Chicago’s Garcia takes on banker–backed mayor
Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia pledged to halt the "hijacking" of the city by hedge fund operators and bankers.
Google Hangout: New era in U.S.-Cuba relations
What can people do to strengthen ties between our two countries? Join the conversation!
President Obama goes on offense in State of the Union
An upbeat and forceful President Obama signaled he intends to use the rest of his second term to push for a progressive agenda on behalf of the nation's working people.
Economists fight over “Capital”: Piketty vs. establishment
A Harvard economist was reduced to making personal attacks as he tried to evade Thomas Piketty's key theses about capitalism and its tendencies toward unsustainable inequality.
GOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security
On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.
U.S. and Cuba announce re-establishment of diplomatic relations!
Obama and Raul Castro announced a breathtakingly radical agreement to change the relationship between the two countries.
Inside story on how one little city slew an oil dragon
A dragon by the name of Chevron, breathing a fire fueled by Citizens United and $3.1 million in cash, succumbed to the people of the tiny city of Richmond, California.
