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SCOTUS gives green light to Ohio early vote

October 16, 2012 By Teresa Albano

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an emergency appeal by Ohio Republicans on their decision to shut down early voting for the three days before the November elections.

Bain workers rev up protests on day of Debate 2

October 16, 2012 By John Wojcik And Blake Skylar

On the day of the second debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Bain Capital workers step up efforts to expose Mitt Romney's role in the outsourcing of their jobs.

Today in labor history: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry

October 16, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Brown, a minister and fierce opponent of slavery, sought to obtain weapons from the arsenal to defeat the slaveocracy in the South. John Brown and his men were captured and executed.

Today in labor history: Vietnam war protests, draft card burned

October 15, 2012 By Teresa Albano

On Oct. 15, 1965, a young Catholic Worker activist, David Miller, burned his draft card in protest of the U.S. war in Vietnam, becoming the first antiwar activist to challenge a law banning the act.

Burden of Colombian past weighs on peace negotiations

October 15, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Protection must await a successful outcome of peace negotiations which were set to begin in Norway on October 17 between the Colombian government and the FARC.