Environment

May 8, 2015 By David Bacon

The organic food industry especially should hold itself to high standards for labor practices.

May 7, 2015 By Teresa Albano

Deemed the worst earthquake to hit the nation in 80 years, the death toll has risen to more than 7,500.

May 7, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The British passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat 18 miles off the Irish coast.

May 4, 2015 By Susan Webb

We have entered a new geological era, in which human action is changing the physical world around us.

April 30, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

As California struggles to meet new water use restrictions, the governor is urging a sharp increase in fines for the worst violators.