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Workers taking “extraordinary measures” to save Postal Service

November 9, 2011 By John Dick

The National Association of Letter Carriers has revved up its campaign to save America's postal service.

More elderly are poor; net worth for young people worsens

November 9, 2011 By Dan Margolis

The U.S. Census Bureau calculates that nearly twice as many older Americans qualify as poor than had been previously thought. At the same time, net worth disparity between younger and older is at an all-time high.

Voices of Occupy Chicago: fed up with plutocracy

November 9, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Until recently, Chicago's Loop, known for its skyscrapers, corporate headquarters and high-powered law firms, was typically silent on weekends.

Protests slam closing of Dallas main post office

November 9, 2011

Union members and North Texas Jobs with Justice rallied outside the Dallas main post office the morning of Nov. 7. Response from post office customers and thousands of passers-by on Highway 30 was generous and positive.

New Honduran political party weighs in against chaos and crime

November 9, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Killings and crime make present day Honduras look like the former U.S. "wild west." Yet the "sheriffs" - read police and armed forces - are in cahoots with the bad guys.