Government

Nation braces for government shutdown

September 27, 2013 By John Wojcik

At least 800,000 of the nation's 2.1 million federal workers will be required to stay home Tuesday if the government shuts down as a result of Republican grandstanding.

Reckless Republicans push closer to a government shutdown

September 26, 2013 By John Wojcik

The chances of avoiding a goverment shutdown in five days are becoming slimmer and slimmer, and the union AFGE is in full mobilization mode against it.

Today in labor history: Eisenhower orders troops to integrate Little Rock schools

September 24, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Several months earlier following orders of then Governor Orval Faubus, the state's national guard blocked the entrance of the "Little Rock Nine" to the city's Central High school.

Detroit bankruptcy coming to your city next, leaders warn

September 12, 2013 By John Rummel

Detroit is the canary in the coalmine, warned speakers at a public forum on the city's bankruptcy, held this past Saturday, sponsored by Congressman John Conyers Jr.

Free Chelsea Manning and all political prisoners

August 23, 2013 By Lily Connor

For most Americans, the phrase "political prisoner" conjures up images of shady foreign governments plucking dissidents from their beds at night, never to be heard from again.