News – Page 2759 – People's World

Even with master’s degree, wages are dismal

January 7, 2015 By John Wojcik

Many of the people gathering in Washington this morning at the first-ever AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages didn't have an easy time getting here.

High and low points of Connecticut’s history with Cuba

January 7, 2015 By Steve Thornton

The Dec. 17, 2014 announcement by President Obama establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba was a day we thought we might never see.

GOP Congress aims dagger at Social Security

January 7, 2015 By John Wojcik

On its first day of business here the GOP-run House launched what could end up as the most serious attack yet on Social Security.

From Idaho to Utah, “wolf massacre” continues

January 6, 2015 By Blake Skylar

"Rewarding shooters, including young children, with prizes takes us back to an earlier era of wanton killing that so many of us thought was a closed chapter."

Postal Service begins process of slowing first class mail, unions outraged

January 6, 2015 By Mike Hall

The service cutbacks come on the heels of record-breaking and successful holiday deliveries of 15.5 billion packages, letters and parcels.