ESPN removes anti-Semites from its online fantasy football
Members of the Simon Wiesenthal Center brought the problem to the attention of the sports domain, one of the country's largest.
Sept. 11, 2001 archives: New York City, one month later
NEW YORK - One month can sometimes feel like a lifetime. For many, each day is marked by the struggle to recover. It's another step towards an uncertain future. Sept. 11 has forever changed the city.
Chicago students protest Sears ties to child labor and rape
High school students are protesting Sears's purchase of clothing from a factory where a supervisor is an unpunished serial rapist of young females.
California’s DREAM Act poised to become reality
California is poised to become the first state to grant undocumented immigrant college students access to publicly funded financial aid.
Cook County passes historic immigrant rights ordinance
Cook County passed a major immigrant rights ordinance aiming to free undocumented immigrants being held in jails throughout the county.
Top 13 tweets on GOP debate
The Twitteratti were in rare form after the GOP debate, Sept. 7. Here are the top 13 tweets that came across @PeopleWorld Twitter time line.
Connecticut Working Families Party sets agenda for 2012
This state's Working Families Party convened their annual meeting last week with a dispaly of strength.
EPA to hire the unemployed in Michigan
The program will specifically target Michigan's youth - who suffer nearly 50 percent unemployment rates in Detroit.
Hundreds arrested in pro-environment civil disobedience
The demonstration is the longest sustained civil disobedience action since the civil rights movement and the largest since 1977.
Public support grows for government jobs program
"Let's make our country what it should be," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka yesterday.
