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Rail safety problems trigger protests

May 29, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Railroad Workers United reported that the first protest about safety, or lack of it, on rail lines occurred in Chicago on May 27.

Today in history: World War I vets demand relief

May 29, 2015 By Special to People’s World

During the Great Depression, the "Bonus Expeditionary Force," a group of World War I veterans seeking to cash in their veterans' bonus certificates, arrived in D.C.

Colombia and world cope with Monsanto’s toxic herbicide

May 29, 2015 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Monsanto's glyphosate, sold as "roundup," is the most widely-used herbicide. In Colombia, however, it's also a weapon of war.

New NEA president Eskelsen Garcia brings verve, edge to union

May 28, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Teacher Lily Eskelsen Garcia has seen poverty's impact on her students, so for her, the issue is personal.

Right-to-work loses in Illinois house, heads for Missouri veto

May 28, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

In a rebuke to GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner's anti-worker agenda, the Democratic-run Illinois House voted his bill down.