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Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers

August 28, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The workers hailed the judges' decision, saying it would bring them out of the low-paying shadows many now toil in.

Today in history: Hurricane Katrina’s pain index 10 years later

August 28, 2015 By Bill Quigley

When Katrina hit, the nation saw tens of thousands left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people have been left behind again.

AFL-CIO backs legislation to curb execs’ revolving door to D.C.

August 27, 2015 By Sam Pizzigati

"Hard-working families can't afford to have the financial industry and government creating a cozy relationship that allows Wall Street to write its own rules."

A decade after Katrina: what we’ve learned and refuse to learn

August 27, 2015 By Special to People’s World

A decade later, the nation has made little progress in addressing the systemic problems Hurricane Katrina laid bare.

Dethroning fossil fuels: rise of the New Abolitionists

August 27, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Advocates for keeping fossil fuels in the ground are demanding of the world what this nation required of itself following the Civil War.