Unions, allies launch national campaign for caregivers, clients
The objective is to enhance community-based and home-based long-term care for the current 7.6 million elderly adults who need it and for the estimated one-fifth of the U.S. population that will need it by 2030.
Warning: Beach closings on the rise
With a monster heat wave enveloping tthe Midwest, a lot of residents are heading to the Great Lakes beaches to cool off, but look out!
Hospital ruins stir Katrina memories and call to battle
The windowless ruins of Charity Hospital stand today as both a haunting reminder of horrors past and a call to arms for those joining the battle for a restored health care system.
Campaign presses oil tax to save California public schools
A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.
Breakfast with a punch raises funds for People's World (video)
"We have to be united," GRO-Grassroots Organizing said - "Faith, labor, community, we have to get organized."
Hershey's chocolate tainted with child exploitation, group charges
The Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign is urging chocolate lovers to choose another brand until Hershey's gets child abuse out of its chocolate.
Minnesota unions await details of deal to end shutdown
The two sides were at an impasse over how to resolve a $5 billion deficit for the budget period that started July 1.
Budget must "respect, protect" women, coalition says
National Council of Womens' Organizations launched the Respect, Protect, Reject Campaign, and is calling on lawmakers to uphold Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and emphasize women's concerns in the talks.
On the Bayou, BP oil spill hasn’t gone away
Eric Guzman carries himself like any healthy 35-year-old, but his eyes tell you he's been through what only someone much older would normally have experienced.
