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AFL-CIO to push “new NAFTA” to protect workers’ rights, raise incomes

January 4, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“Renegotiating NAFTA is a necessary first step towards creating an economy with shared prosperity” for workers, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.

This week in history: Nobelist Emily Greene Balch, founder of WILPF

January 3, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Emily Greene Balch was born 150 years ago on January 8, 1867. She was an academic, writer and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.

From Tarheel State to Tobacco Republic

January 3, 2017 By Bruce Arnold

North Carolina is no longer a functioning democracy, according to researchers.

Obama under attack for last minute challenge to illegal Israeli settlements

January 3, 2017 By Larry Rubin

Although the U. S did not support UN Security Council resolution 2334 condemning Israel’s continuous stealing of Palestinian lands for Jewish settlements, Palestinian rights advocates were pleased – and surprised – that the Obama Administration decided...

First baby of the year highlights the need for paid sick and family leave

January 3, 2017 By Matt Murray

His nine-months-pregnant wife, Lindsay, was in her second day of early labor, but his boss was telling him if he didn’t show up for his shift as a part-time security guard in Manchester, he would lose...