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Today in labor history: Eisenhower enforces racial integration in Little Rock

September 24, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Orval Faubus tried to prevent schools in Little Rock from integrating, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had ordered the desegregation of public schools three years prior.

As ice melts, geoengineering gets a less frosty reception

September 21, 2012 By Blake Skylar

A leading sea ice expert has predicted the final disappearance of Arctic ice in the summer within four years.

Today in labor history: Mother Jones leads march of miners’ children

September 21, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Labor organizer Mother Jones led a march of miners' children through the streets of Charleston to illustrate the effects of poverty.

Today in Labor History: “The Jungle” published

September 20, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Upton Sinclair, a poor young socialist determined to do his part to make a better world, wrote his incredible book in the tarpaper shack that was his home.

Union official scores Republican ad featuring fake coal miner

September 20, 2012 By John Wojcik

A regional vice president of the UMWA has condemned a new Republican TV ad airing in coal country because it features a coal executive masquerading as a miner.