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Washington march for Puerto Rico demands stepped-up rebuilding effort

November 27, 2017 By Carol Ramos Widom

"We aren’t going to turn our backs on fellow citizens—whether they live in Florida, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico."

National Lawyers Guild supports fight of D.C. disabled to defend rights

November 21, 2017 By Aaron Frishberg And Toby Terrar

In 1978, the disabled of D.C. forced the Constitutional Rights Act upon the city because they didn't want to be drugged up, unemployed, and impoverished.

This week in history: Americans United for Separation of Church and State founded

November 20, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Americans United believes that all Americans have the constitutional right to practice the religion of their choice—or refrain from taking part in religion—as individual conscience dictates. The government must remain neutral on religious questions. This has...

Nashville’s Indigenous community honors AIM warrior Dennis Banks

November 17, 2017 By Albert Bender

An assembly of Native people and others honored the great warrior for Indigenous rights, Dennis Banks, with a celebration of his life entitled the “Longest Walk” in Nashville.

Speakers advocate organizing society, institutions to combat corporate power

November 17, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“It’s a matter of organizing. Individuals don’t have a lot of power.”