Feed items
Thousands of farmworkers will be displaced because of the California fires. Undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable.
Thousands of farmworkers will be displaced because of the California fires. Undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable.
Thousands of farmworkers will be displaced because of the California fires. Undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable.
Joining Together: The Working People Weekly List
Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List.
NAFTA Negotiators Send Corporate Whiners Back to Swamp: "Giant corporations, loyal to coin and faithless to country, staged a public display of blubbering in the run up to this week’s fourth round of negotiations to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."
Las Vegas Dad Sells His Harley to Go to Puerto Rico and Drive Trucks to Help Hurricane Victims: "When Marcos Cruz heard about the need for truck drivers to help hurricane victims in Puerto Rico, he knew he could help. The single dad of two teenagers was born in Puerto Rico but has lived in Las Vegas for over 40 years."
From the Mountains of Puerto Rico: 'We Won’t Have Electricity Up Here for at Least a Year': "Adela Fígaro wasn’t worried when high winds began to lash her home, high on a hill in Las Marias, an area in the west-central region of Puerto Rico. The Dominican Republic native, with a quick wit and a big smile, had been through other...
New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison told reporters that gunshots were fired at four officers early Friday. One later died.
DeAndre Harris turned himself in Thursday and was served a warrant charging him with unlawful wounding.
DeAndre Harris turned himself in Thursday and was served a warrant charging him with unlawful wounding.
DeAndre Harris turned himself in Thursday and was served a warrant charging him with unlawful wounding.
FDA advisers recommended approval of a gene therapy treatment called Luxturna that would help stop a blinding disease called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).
Exhausted firefighters continued to fight the 21 firestorms raging simultaneously across the state's wine country, including Napa and Sonoma counties.
