News – Page 3883 – People's World

Impunity reigns in Colombia, Piedad Cordoba leaves

August 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Colombia, wholesale murder and impunity go hand in hand.

Farm workers march for justice

August 25, 2011 By Juan Lopez

On Tuesday, farm workers launched a 13-day, 200-mile march, through California's rich agricultural Central Valley to the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Unions reject Verizon bravado regarding end of strike

August 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

Verizon workers have rejected claims by the company that their return to work marks a victory for the company.

Black scientists face discrimination in health funding

August 24, 2011 By Joe Sims

Black, Latino and Asian scientists face discrimination in research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

Smiley and West’s Poverty Tour: A call for unconditional brotherhood

August 24, 2011 By Glenn Ramsey

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West brought the last stop of their "Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience" to Memphis, Tennessee. The location was chosen in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s support for sanitation workers and...