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Environment issues hurt poor people most, say speakers at LA forum

April 10, 2015 By David Trujillo

Grijalva, who chairs the congressional committee and is a member of the Progressive Caucus, said, "40 years of environmental policy issues are under attack."

Two-tier wages to be key issue at UAW talks with Detroit three

April 9, 2015 By PAI

"A society built on low-wage jobs does not deliver purchasing power, it only increases the number of workers in poverty."

Legislators aim to expand rights of undocumented Californians

April 9, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

State legislative leaders were joined here by immigrant rights advocates as they announced the "Immigrants Shape California" legislative package.

Growers move to gut California’s farm labor law

April 9, 2015 By David Bacon

Gerawan Farming, one of the country's largest growers, is challenging the law that makes farm workers' union rights enforceable.

Today in history: The Civil War ends

April 9, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The death toll is estimated at perhaps as many as 750,000, out of a total U.S. population of only 30 million at the time.