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Forming a German government: Bumper cars for the Bundestag?

November 26, 2013 By Victor Grossman

The noise is terrific and everyone zooms back and forth, round and round, clashing with everybody else. And there may be no real winner -- except perhaps the man at the cash register.

Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday

November 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.

World’s largest landfill to become NYC’s biggest solar plant

November 26, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Parts of the East Coast are finally adopting solar energy projects, and New York City is leading the charge, the Fresh Kills development is seen as a major victory.

Unions organizing aid for Philippines, Midwest disasters

November 25, 2013 By PAI

The typhoon destroyed several hospitals, along with homes, schools, power lines, bridges and virtually everything else.

Ohio voters make progressive shift

November 25, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, by huge margin, turned down a tea party initiative that would've wiped out public worker's pensions in that city.