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Google and Facebook unfriend ALEC

September 24, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Funded by the Koch brothers, ALEC designs state legislation to further corporate agendas at the expense of working families, unions and their allies.

Unions to Google: dump ALEC

September 23, 2014 By PAI

The public is asking Google to stop participating in ALEC's scheme that threatens our democracy.

Virginia congressional race focuses on women’s issues

September 22, 2014 By Emile Schepers

So in this year's November 4 midterms, the question is once more whether the Democrats can turn out enough voters.

Amid Haiti election dispute, ex-President Aristide under house arrest

September 19, 2014 By Emile Schepers

There is a great degree of suspiciousness about how announced legislative elections for October 26 will be carried out.

J. J. Goldberg speaks on Israel and Palestine: Is there a way out?

September 12, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

In half a dozen years the Israel Defense Forces may have a cadre of commanding officers no longer answerable to the Israeli government, but to their fundamentalist rabbis back home.