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Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension

December 1, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.

Chicago PeoplesWorld.org readers celebrate growing fightback

December 1, 2011 By John Bachtell

They came to celebrate election victories in Ohio and across the country, the surging recall campaign in Wisconsin and the spreading Occupy movement.

Republicans tell injured workers “you’re on your own”

December 1, 2011 By John Rummel

Proposed changes in HB 5002 will drastically change Michigan's workers' compensation law.

Could the DREAM Act have saved Joaquin Luna’s life?

November 30, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

In his last words to his brother, Luna said he couldn't accomplish his dreams because there was a huge wall blocking him from fulfilling his goals.

Two thirds of HIV victims in U.S. are untreated

November 30, 2011 By Joe Sims

Only about a third of those in the U.S. with HIV are getting treated says the Centers for Disease Control.