Latino leaders: "Hands off Social Security!"
Organization representing more than 50 million Latinos are joining forces to defend Social Security.
New report highlights port truck drivers' plight
They are the 110,000 truck drivers who move millions of cargo containers at the nation's ports every year.
Despite Christmas hiring, unemployment rate jumps
Just as Nero fiddled while Rome burned, the GOP pushes for tax breaks for billionaires as America's economy crumbles.
"Long time coming": Congress OKs compensation for Black farmers, Native Americans
The legislature approved a landmark bill to pay $4.6 billion in compensation to African American farmers and Native Americans.
The GOP doesn’t care about hungry families
One in four children are in danger of going hungry every night says the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a new report on “food insecurity.”
Hip-hop's Rhymefest to run for Chicago city council
CHICAGO - Che "Rhymefest" Smith, a 33-year-old Hip-hop artist and third generation resident of the southside's Woodlawn neighborhood, announced Oct. 22, that he will run for alderman of the 20th Ward.
Unemployment at 50 percent, Detroit vows to fight
Though she is without full-time employment, Emily Norton works even harder today. She now has four part-time jobs but earns just one-third of what she made while working full time.
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.
Obama slams Republicans on economy
The president came out swinging in a major economic policy speech in Cleveland, Sept. 8, against Republican Party obstructionism.
Minority kids at disadvantage, community survey shows
Professionals who work with children say minority youth are disadvantaged in health care, education, a safe neighborhood and community resources.
