At empty train depot, Detroiters demand jobs
DETROIT - They believe that if a negligent slumlord did what he was supposed to, the worst urban blight could be used to generate good jobs.
Union prepares to "stamp out hunger"
The 300,000 members of the National Letter Carriers Association will be collecting tens of millions of pounds food to help the needy as part of its food drive.
In Dallas, Good Friday march seeks "moral budget"
DALLAS -- The Dallas Area Progressive Christian Alliance took the teachings of the Bible, and the need for relief from poverty and suffering, to the streets of Dallas here on Good Friday, April 22.
Class of 2011 faces worst jobs crisis ever recorded
Students graduating this year face the worst labor market ever encountered by a graduating class.
Border communities are ground zero for hunger
For the people who live in boder towns, some with roots going back for generations, these tiny communities are home to growing hunger and poverty.
Mayors warn cuts to block grants will cost jobs
Mayors around the country are reacting with alarm to the cuts proposed for the Community Development Block Grant program.
Heartbreak at Bank of America
Bank of America got a Valentine's Day surprise with a picket line protesting the bank's receiving "unrequited love" in the form of tax breaks from the community.
Republicans set to kill mortgage assistance programs
Republican members of Congress have set their sight on gutting assistance to troubled homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
A New Generation of Dreamers: Freedom Rides yesterday and today
A month-long celebration linking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides that desegregated interstate transportation in the South with today's movements to address racism, violence and unemployment was kicked off here.
