"Let us work," say government workers
It's hurting our communities, said demonstrators in downtown Detroit protesting the tea party led government shutdown.
Death of an adjunct
Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct professor of French for 25 years, died underpaid and underappreciated at age 83.
A rising tide lifts only yachts?
Letting wealth concentrate "at the very top," President Obama said, has been both "morally wrong" and "bad economics."
Sequester sends San Jose, Calif., rents through roof
Some 17,000 tenants on the Federal Section 8 housing program in Santa Clara County recently received rent hikes of 10 percent or more. The area has very nearly the highest housing cost of any place in the country.
Booming Silicon Valley economy hides rising social inequality
While fueling a new source of profits for Wall Street, working families are not enjoying the benefits of California's Silicon Valley economic resurgence.
North Carolina crowd roars at governor: "Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!!"
Nearly 5,000 protesters at a "Moral Monday" rally roared disapproval of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's decision to terminate federal jobless benefits.
New Haven creates "jobs pipeline" to fight poverty, unemployment
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A ribbon-cutting ceremony with Gov. Dannel Malloy and workers who are now employed through the new "jobs pipeline" program, marked the official opening of New Haven Works.
Food stamps on the chopping block
On Monday evening, the Senate voted to cut roughly $4 billion from SNAP, more commonly known by its former name, food stamps.
New York public housing residents protest increased fees
Matthew Hendricks, a resident of the Lower East Side's Smith Houses, described NYCHA subcontractors as "incompetent" and typical of "indifference to residents of public housing."
Letter Carriers cite huge need in 21st annual food drive
Letter Carriers from coast to coast will collect non-perishable food on their 21st annual food drive, on Saturday, May 11. The food is distributed locally, to "free food" pantries, homeless shelters, and other institutions that feed the poor
