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DeVos scheme to divert education dollars to guns under fire

August 29, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Seven in 10 educators said arming school personnel would be ineffective at preventing gun violence in schools.

Indian Communists attacked while collecting funds for flood victims

August 29, 2018 By Steve Sweeney

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) praised the public response to its fundraising efforts but said Hindu chauvinist BJP thugs had attacked its relief workers.

This week in history: Food Not Bombs volunteers arrested in San Francisco

August 29, 2018 By Special to People’s World

On September 2, 1993, 15 Food Not Bombs volunteers were arrested outside San Francisco City Hall.

‘Not in Our Name’: Tribal voices in defense of grizzly

August 28, 2018 By Combined Sources

Tribal Nations across North America have come together to oppose removal of Endangered Species Act protections from grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region.

Rough and tumble in Virginia midterm elections

August 28, 2018 By Emile Schepers

As the Nov. 6 midterm elections approach, Virginia, with its eleven congressional seats, is seeing some interesting and important battles.