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‘Georgia On My Mind: The Third Reconstruction’: Connecticut Black history event planned

February 17, 2021 By Joelle Fishman

The event is a fundraiser for People's World, which has suffered a severe income loss due to the pandemic. Throughout the decades of struggle for civil rights, peace, and economic justice, People's World has reported and...

Naugatuck, Conn. students keep Black Lives Matter fight going

February 16, 2021 By Len Yannielli

What do the police killing of George Floyd and Naugatuck, Conn., have in common? Plenty.

Bill Davis—beloved labor and peace activist, Communist leader—lost to COVID

February 16, 2021 By John Bachtell

Bill Davis, 1942-2021.

Workers press Biden to fight for $15 minimum wage

February 16, 2021 By Will Weissert And Alexandra Jaffe

Democrats have long promised an increase—support for a $15 minimum wage was including in the party’s 2016 political platform—but haven’t delivered.

Child slavery lawsuit targets Hershey, Nestlé, Mars and other chocolate giants

February 16, 2021 By Olivia Rosane

Child labor is a major and ongoing problem for cocoa production in West Africa. NORC at the University of Chicago found that 1.56 million children were harvesting cocoa in Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana during the 2018...