National – Page 295 – People's World

A “field of dreams” takes root in West Oakland

October 29, 2014 By Marilyn Bechtel

After the urban farm is up and running, further plans include a fitness center, a tech business, a juice bar, athletic shoe and clothing manufacturing companies.

Ferguson causes a nation to re-examine police violence and brutality

October 29, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

These issues have turned Ferguson into the epicenter of a people's earthquake with the potential to shake our national understanding of race and racist repression.

Labor says vote for hopes not fears in Connecticut

October 29, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

"Connecticut needs a governor who walks picket lines, not a governor who busts unions and destroys communities."

Labor Secretary boosts unions, praises new models of organizing

October 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

For Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, unions are responsible for creating and sustaining the middle class, and represent what's right with the U.S.

Fed’s Yellen hits income inequality

October 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Even the head of the Fed now worries about the chasm of income inequality. But Janet Yellen, in a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, took it one step beyond money.