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Remembering Vietnam: landmark protest will be commemorated May 1-2

March 11, 2015 By Tom Hayden

A march on the 50th anniversary of the first national protest against the Vietnam War will be held over Apr. 29- May 2 in Washington D.C.

Today in women’s history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867

March 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.

Latest GOP challenge to Obamacare reaches Supreme Court

March 10, 2015 By David Sobelsohn

If the court majority rules for the four plaintiffs, over 9 million working Americans could lose access to affordable health insurance.

Ed Gomes elected as country’s first Working Families state legislator

March 9, 2015 By Joelle Fishman

"As the first elected on the Working Families Party, I support the Women's Economic Agenda and the Everybody Benefits Coalition."

Tens of thousands mark Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march

March 9, 2015 By Combined Sources

America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists.