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Jim Hightower opens new front in fight to save postal service

March 31, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

"The Postal Service takes in $68 billion a year in revenue and Wall Street wants it."

Ground zero for climate change: Antarctica has hottest day ever

March 31, 2015 By Blake Skylar

"Ice shelves in West Antarctica have lost as much as 18 percent of their volume over the last two decades, with rapid acceleration occurring over the last decade."

Blockupy movement blossoms in Frankfurt

March 31, 2015 By Victor Grossman

Blockupy gathered disparate groups into a solid force, not only on the question of Greece but against the highway robbery tactics of the powerful private German banks.

Today in labor history: César Chávez born in 1927

March 31, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Chávez was also an early environmentalist, warning the public of the devastating effects of pesticides on both farmworkers and consumers.

Public workers union moves conference as “Boycott Indiana” movement mushrooms

March 31, 2015 By Teresa Albano

"The so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act sets Indiana and our nation back decades in the struggle for civil rights."