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In Charleston, a city comes together in wake of racist killings

June 23, 2015 By Jon Queally

Twenty thousand people came together on a bridge in Charleston, marching in the name of love and unity against racist violence that took the lives of nine people in a historic black church. .

Hundreds of thousands march against austerity in Britain

June 22, 2015 By Lamiat Sabin

A quarter of a million angry voices challenged the government's "dangerous and unjust" spending cuts at the weekend.

S. Carolina leaders call for removing Confederate flag from statehouse grounds

June 22, 2015 By Combined Sources

The Confederate flag features prominently in photos of the white youth arrested and charged with the murders.

Today in history: Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph born 75 years ago

June 22, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"My doctors told me I would never walk again, my mother told me I would; I believed my mother."

Turkey’s election earthquake shakes things up

June 22, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

Behind the storm that staggered Turkey's ruling party: a grassroots revolt against rising poverty, growing inequality and the AKP's war on trade unions.