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Small California city applauds its pro-immigrant Congresswoman

March 6, 2017 By Henry Millstein

Over 500 people packed the City Council chambers in Morgan Hill, a small city south of San Jose, for a town hall meeting with Democratic Representative Zoe Lofgren.

Colombian coal mine expansion imposes suffering on rural indigenous

March 6, 2017 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The peace agreement signed between the Colombian government and FARC rebels does nothing to stop the invasion of the Wayúu indigenous people’s land by international coal companies.

Socialist International, facing uncertain future, meets in Colombia

March 3, 2017 By C.J. Atkins

If the venerated Socialist International is sliding further down the road of irrelevance, can its main rival, the Progressive Alliance, pick up the slack?

American Muslims and Jews show solidarity in the face of hate

March 3, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Trump’s prominence has given seeming “permission” for bigots of all stripes to display their prejudices with little fear of recrimination.

Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin, first woman seated in Congress

March 3, 2017 By Special to People’s World

“I may be the first woman member of Congress,” she observed upon her election in 1916. “But I won’t be the last.”