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Death at the hands of the police – this time in Baltimore

April 21, 2015 By Margaret Baldridge

No city, town or hamlet can any longer feel immune from the devastating news that, once again, a Black man's life has been taken by the police

Unions and environmentalists descend on DC to oppose fast track

April 16, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The TPP would give firms and investors "rights and privileges" that make it safer to take production overseas to low-wage, labor and human rights violators.

In Germany: From the U.S. Embassy to small town thugs

April 15, 2015 By Victor Grossman

This was a minor victory; in over twenty years it was the first petition on Mumia which the embassy has accepted.

Today in history: Dolores Huerta is born in 1930

April 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In 1962, Dolores Huerta and César Chávez launched the National Farm Workers Association; Huerta's organizing skills were essential to its growth.

Emanuel re-elected, but progressives are real winners

April 8, 2015 By Amisha Patel

The reawakening of a broad-based progressive coalition will have political consequences well beyond this election, through new electoral infrastructure.