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“Echoes of Valour” in Newfoundland: A story of racism defeated

September 9, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

On the stormy night of February 18, 1942, the USS Truxton and the USS Pollux, headed toward Iceland for refueling, foundered against the rocky cliffs near St. Lawrence.

Battle of the Overpass: Henry Ford, the UAW, and the power of the press

September 3, 2014 By Mike Marino

Henry Ford in particular was the poster child of anti-unionism in the heady days of strikes and strife, preferring profits over workers' rights.

Guatemalan children at U.S. border there because of U.S. backed genocide

August 19, 2014 By Albert Bender

The arms used in this genocide were supplied to the Guatemalan military by successive U.S. administrations beginning with that of Ronald Reagan.

Today in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank

August 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.

Tulsa park commemorates 1921 race riot

August 13, 2014

Travelers should consider going to Tulsa's John Hope Franklin Reconcilliation Park. The park commemorates the biggest race riot and massacre of American history.