Immigrants – Page 55 – People's World

In Germany: From the U.S. Embassy to small town thugs

April 15, 2015 By Victor Grossman

This was a minor victory; in over twenty years it was the first petition on Mumia which the embassy has accepted.

Today in history: John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” is published

April 14, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Millions who have never read the book have seen the film version starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.

Labor returns to its roots: Bringing immigrants out of the shadows

April 2, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

A "key piece of the raising wages agenda is a workable pathway to citizenship" for undocumented workers.

High school students protest gross inequalities in sports programs

March 27, 2015 By Antonia Berrie

Students held signs with startling numbers like "36,000 students of color go to high schools with almost no sports."

Today in women’s history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867

March 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.