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GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed

January 17, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.

Oklahoma LGBT activists with a potential big win

January 16, 2014 By Christopher Looper

A change such as this in the constitution to one of the "Bible Belt" states shows continued momentum from the progress that was made in 2013.

Amiri Baraka: 1934 – 2014

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."

Workers’ rights hardly mentioned by justices at High Court hearing

January 14, 2014 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

Supreme Court justices began hearings on National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, a case that could determine whether it is legal to stop the ability of workers to exercise their right to form a union.

Does December jobs report mean recovery?

January 13, 2014 By John Case

Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?