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Bernie Sanders applauds Greeks for rejecting IMF demands

July 6, 2015 By John Wojcik

"I applaud the people of Greece for saying 'no' to more austerity for the poor, the children, the sick, and the elderly."

Today in history: first U.S. postage stamps issued, and what that means

July 1, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1847, the Post Office Department (now called the U.S. Postal Service), issued its first two postage stamps.

Ending the U.S. blockade of Cuba an uphill battle in Congress

June 30, 2015 By Richard Grassl

Denying U.S. citizens their Constitutional right to travel and exchange personal experience with their Cuban brothers and sisters is a stupid policy.

NBC to Donald Trump: You’re fired; Televisa drops pageant

June 30, 2015 By David Bauder

NBC said it is ending its business relationship with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump because of comments he made about Mexican immigrants.

Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized

June 24, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.