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Union leaders hail high court’s marriage equality ruling

July 1, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders hailed the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage, but added there is still opposition to equal rights for gay people.

Supreme Court rules in favor of marriage equality

June 26, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"Today's ruling affirms what millions already know to be true: the four words etched onto the front of the Supreme Court - equal justice under law - apply to us."

A monumental contradiction

June 23, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Washington, D.C., memorials invariably quote some of the masterpieces of our heritage, a reminder of the values that ground the American experiment in democracy.

In Charleston, a city comes together in wake of racist killings

June 23, 2015 By Jon Queally

Twenty thousand people came together on a bridge in Charleston, marching in the name of love and unity against racist violence that took the lives of nine people in a historic black church. .

Hey, Boo: To stage a Mockingbird

June 22, 2015 By Ed Rampell

Theater Review: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird; the Theatricum has its finger on the American pulse.