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July 26, 2012 By PW Editorial

On this day in 1948, President Harry Truman ordered the desegregation of the United States armed forces.

July 25, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On July 25, 1984, Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk.

July 25, 2012 By Norman Markowitz

I thought I knew about legendary civil rights activists Carl and Anne Braden before I saw this documentary. I was very wrong.

July 24, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day, the United Autoworkers and the Teamsters formed the national trade union center, Alliance for Labor Action.

July 24, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

What happens in the 2012 elections could make or break struggling cities like Detroit that have been devastated by the economic crisis.