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Petition campaign launched to halt South Dakota genocide of Native people

January 28, 2014 By Albert Bender

As part of a new campaign to stop the genocide of Native American people in South Dakota, the Lakota People's Law Project has initiated the Campaign to Free Lakota Children with a national petition.

Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales

September 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.

Philly coalition demands quality education for all

August 23, 2013 By Ben Sears

They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"

Unions speak out on Zimmerman verdict

July 16, 2013 By John Wojcik

Unions are lining up with civil rights groups and community organizations across the country and speaking out on the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the killer of Trayvon Martin, an un-armed teenager.

President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma

June 3, 2013 By Associated Press

President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."