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Ohio “Frackgate” raises concerns about regulators

March 17, 2014 By Anne Caruso

The FOI request was prompted by Gov. John Kasich's failure to follow through on a 2011 law permitting fracking in Ohio's state parks.

Today in women’s history: Betty Allen, steel town to opera, is born

March 17, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Growing up in a working class community, Elizabeth Louise (Betty Lou) Allen heard opera on the streets, from neighbors' radios.

Texas MoveOn takes aim at ALEC

March 17, 2014

ALEC brings together right-wing politicians and big-money corporations to write and promote anti-worker legislation throughout the country.

Revival of fascism a growing concern in Europe

March 17, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Commenting on Ukrainian developments, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius pooh-poohed the idea that there is a fascist danger.

Free Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian student leader, women’s rights activist

March 14, 2014 By Jane Green

Bahareh Hedayat will be 32 years old next month. She looks likely to mark that birthday in prison unless the Iranian government can be persuaded to free her.