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Arrest of People’s World reporter picked up by press freedom watchdog
October 6, 2017In 2017 there have been 31 arrests of journalists, 14 equipment searches and seizures, 28 physical attacks on them, and 4 border stops of journalists.
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Today in women’s history: Long live Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 2017On this day 100 years ago, October 6, 1917, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Miss.
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Battle lines drawn over Confederate-named highway in northern Virginia
October 6, 2017The fight to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway is heating up.
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Canadian Communists, labor, and social justice groups oppose “new NAFTA”
October 6, 2017Communist Party leader Elizabeth Rowley said re-negotiating NAFTA “will not make a bad deal better."
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People’s World racks up 22 professional journalism awards
October 6, 2017The International Labor Communications Association - the top organization of labor journalists - recognized People’s World in several categories this year.
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