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Louisville Orchestra musicians win tough battle

July 3, 2012 By Ira Grupper

Local 11-637 of the American Federation of Musicians, and the Louisville Orchestra Inc., recently signed an agreement, ending a lockout of workers from their jobs that began in May 2011.

Shell’s Arctic drilling: The environmental battle of our time

July 3, 2012 By Blake Skylar

On July 27, two Shell vessels departed from Seattle, en route to the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seas -- and the fragile ecosystems that lay within.

Mexican elections: fraud again?

July 3, 2012 By Emile Schepers

It appears that the candidate of the formerly dominant Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), former Mexico state governor Enrique Peña Nieto, has won, but not by as much as he hoped.

Calif. legislature passes far-reaching homeowner safeguards

July 3, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

With the legislature's passage July 2 of a far-reaching Homeowner's Bill of Rights, California is moving to lead the country in the fight against foreclosure abuse.

Today in history: Birthday of Ruth Crawford Seeger

July 3, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Today, July 3rd 1903 Ruth Crawford Seeger, step mother of Pete Seeger, was born. Ruth Seeger was an accomplished peoples artist in her own right, and was a folk singer, musician and an expert historian of...