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Teachers union leaders hit Supreme Court anti-affirmative action ruling

April 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, a Phoenix secondary school teacher, said it subjects minority group students to "separate and unequal political processes that put undue burdens" on them.

Cleveland workers protest Staples post office counters

April 25, 2014 By Mike OMalley

The Postal Service has set up U.S. mail service counters in 82 Staples stores throughout the country. The workers at those counters are non-union Staples employees, not union postal workers.

Support group members find help from those with similar circumstances

April 25, 2014 By Michael Reale

They collectively share practical information, exchange coping strategies, as well as belonging to a community that understands them and their unique circumstances.

Postal workers march to save the mail in 50 states

April 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Chanting "Whose post office? The people's post office!" Postal Workers and their union allies marched in Washington protesting the USPS scheme to run postal services out of Staples stores.

Today in eco-history: Andropov writes to U.S. 5th grader to ease nuclear fears

April 25, 2014 By Special to People’s World

While not seen as an environmental issue at the time, nuclear weapons pose the single biggest threat to the Earth's environment, scientists warned in 2006.