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Today in history: Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph born 75 years ago

June 22, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"My doctors told me I would never walk again, my mother told me I would; I believed my mother."

Turkey’s election earthquake shakes things up

June 22, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

Behind the storm that staggered Turkey's ruling party: a grassroots revolt against rising poverty, growing inequality and the AKP's war on trade unions.

Picking peas should bring a better life

June 19, 2015 By Rosalia Martinez

We're doing it so that our children can leave the fields and move forward. I want to give them a better life.

U.S. agrees to pay millions on agent orange claims

June 19, 2015 By Associated Press

The government will provide disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s final day: June 19th, 1953

June 19, 2015 By Jennifer Meeropol

At the height of the Cold War anti-communist hysteria, the lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were extinguished. On the anniversary of their executions, their granddaughter has a message.