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Fight to stop vote suppression back in North Carolina courts

May 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"The North Carolina legislature passed the most sweeping, discriminatory voter suppression bill in the country, then sought to hide their hands and skirt the scrutiny of the law."

Great grandfather who helped end slavery and save a nation remembered

May 7, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

An unpublished manuscript "The Diary of Francis Marion Wheeler 1842-1899" has been gathering dust on a bookshelf in our house for many years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.

Obama, EPA moving forward on climate change

May 6, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The Obama administration is developing a more aggressive policy on environmental issues, as the president increasingly sees fighting climate change as one of the core components of his legacy.

U.S. says Cuba still a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”

May 5, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Beginning in 1982 the list has included Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism." Others this year are Iran, Sudan, and Syria.

Oil train explosion rattles and poisons Virginia town

May 2, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Oil trains throughout the U.S. are literally crashing and burning. One could easily produce a long list of such disasters from last year alone. Another incident can now be added to that list.