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Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, activist, dies

July 16, 2014 By Christopher Torchia

Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1991 for novels that explored the complex relationships and human cost of racial conflict in apartheid-era South Africa.

Jose Antonio Vargas, immigrant rights leader, arrested by border patrol

July 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

United We Dream Minority Affairs Council said Vargas was in Texas this past weekend in solidarity with unaccompanied children who cross the Texas border fleeing for their lives.

AFSCME grows by 90,000 since January

July 15, 2014 By John Wojcik

The union sees its successful organizing campaign as a clear indication that face-to-face organizing is the proper response to what has been an onslaught of attacks on public service workers.

Victory for Al-Arian but justice still denied

July 11, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

All criminal charges were dropped against Palestinian leader, Dr. Sami Al-Arian on June 27, a ruling greeted by those who have fought for nearly two decades to free him.

Reflections on the Communist Party convention

July 10, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

Recently the CPUSA held its 30th National Convention in Chicago. It was an impressive event showcasing the party's depth of work throughout the movements for justice.