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New York City elections hold promise of change

March 21, 2013 By Danny Rubin

During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.

It’s baaaack! Online privacy bill CISPA returns amid protest

March 21, 2013 By Earchiel Johnson

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act would allow corporations to share your online data with the government in real time. CISPA has been met with strong opposition from online privacy advocates and companies.

Just outside of Vegas, coal plant gambles with lives

March 21, 2013 By Blake Skylar

For years, the NV Energy-owned Reid Gardner coal plant just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada has been poisoning the Moapa tribe of Paiute Native Americans.

Workers coast-to-coast demand rollback of “sequester” cuts

March 21, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg And John Bachtell

At least 160 cities and towns across the country saw mass demonstrations yesterday against the "sequester" - the $85 billion in budget cuts over the next six months that Congress, through its inaction, has allowed to...

Today in women’s history: ERA sent to states for ratification

March 21, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On March 21, 1972, Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment fell three states short of being ratified, but the struggle continues to this day.