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The steal of the century: ending wage theft in our time

March 11, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

It may not be the hottest topic on every to-do list, but the problem is as old as, well, the oldest profession. I'm talking about wage theft.

Claudia Jones Communist, anti-racist and feminist

March 10, 2015 By Mary Davis

Paying tribute to Claudia Jones, activist and tireless fighter for working-class women.

Chicago community fights petcoke, pile by pile

March 10, 2015 By Blake Skylar

For one community, the Windy City has been blowing something other than a healthy breeze.

Progressive think tank backs Obama crackdown on federal contractors

March 10, 2015 By PAI

Facing hostility of big business and the GOP, a progressive think-tank went to bat to defend President Obama's cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws.

Today in women’s history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867

March 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.