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Today in environmental history: Bill McKibben steps it up with 350.org

April 7, 2015 By Special to People’s World

This is the science of climate change. It is no longer up for debate.

Nuclear weapons group praises historic Iran agreement

April 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"This historic agreement will ensure Iran will not produce a nuclear weapon, making the U.S. and the world a safer place."

Official jobless rate stays at 5.5 percent

April 6, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The U.S. official unemployment rate stayed at 5.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced.

Today in history: Feminist labor organizer Rose Schneiderman is born

April 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

A fiery labor orator, feminist and socialist, she served as president of the Women's Trade Union League.

To raise wages in Panama, dockers join a U.S. union

April 6, 2015 By David Bacon

In Panama they call longshore pay "hunger wages." Workers' families live below the government's own poverty line, and some families literally go hungry.