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Fossil fuel industry has stranglehold on Australian government

March 21, 2017 By Peter Mac

Adopting renewables as the main energy source and phasing out fossil fuels should be a primary objective, but the Conservative government still caters to the big mining companies.

Connecticut activists still inspired by Frederick Douglass’ example

March 21, 2017 By Joelle Fishman

Connecticut readers and supporters of People’s World met in New Haven recently to commemorate the African American freedom struggle and remember the work of Frederick Douglass.

Scholars chart the political economy of education privatization

March 20, 2017 By John McCollow

Around the world, major efforts are underway to turn public education into a product for sale on the market. New scholarship examines the economics and ideology behind it all.

Colonialism bears bitter fruit in Puerto Rico

March 20, 2017 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The U.S. government board controlling Puerto Rican finances has approved a plan that extracts $800 million per year from the island in interest payments and orders pension reductions and layoffs.

This week in history: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 20, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

"The existence of racial barriers is repugnant to the ideals of any human society.”