Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/126299/building_a_house_for_day_laborers/ Many day workers are ending up on the street or in homeless shelters. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:01 PST Peter Costantini, IPS News -f8afaac6c3123555eee0c0590e739caa http://www.alternet.org/story/106749/why_john_mccain_lost_the_latino_vote/ Many Latinos are angry at Republicans for pushing for the criminalization and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:00:01 PST Peter Costantini, IPS News -4d2aa6228146245e4d9f2f2fb98dfdb7 http://www.alternet.org/story/100681/brother%2C_can_you_spare_%24700_billion/ Economist Dean Baker talks about the housing crisis, and the Bush-Paulson plan to bailout Wall Street. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Peter Costantini, IPS News -a796fcedfd689538056bcaa84f9decae