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Wisconsin moves from progressive “dairyland” to “plutocrats’ paradise”

January 31, 2014 By Joseph Zimmermann

Wisconsin's governor is attempting to launch a presidential campaign based on his reputation for union-busting, and a state legislature that draws up legislation to satisfy the needs of one multimillionaire.

Could medical marijuana turn Florida blue in 2014?

January 30, 2014 By Joshua Leclair

This past Monday, the Florida Supreme Court approved a ballot measure to make medical marijuana legal in the state.

Today in labor history: The International Labor Organization founded

January 30, 2014 By Special to People’s World

After the devastation of WWI, a commission was established to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice, and the ILO was...

“Organize, organize, organize”: 16,000 boost Women’s Economic Agenda

January 30, 2014 By Diane Mohney

Sixteen thousand participants, in a post-State-of-the-Union phone conference Wednesday night, discussed a Women's Economic Agenda for the nation.

Fake checks and Internet scams top 2013 fraud list

January 30, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The NCL reported that fake checks accounted for almost one in every four (24.23 percent) of scams last year. But Internet scams were not far behind.