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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: 1918 – 2013

December 5, 2013 By Emile Schepers

The world mouns the passing of elder statemen and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.

Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem

December 3, 2013 By John Rummel

The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.

Senate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP “pirates”

November 22, 2013 By John Case

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.

Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir

November 22, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.

Today in history: President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

November 19, 2013 By Special to People’s World

One of the best-known speeches in American history, it was delivered by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the...