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Union leaders hail Obama order raising minimum wage for contract workers

February 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

They urged other politicians, notably lawmakers in Congress, to follow his lead and raise the national minimum wage.

Texas sportscaster blasts homophobia in NFL

February 13, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In a searing rebuff to pervasive anti-gay attitudes in professional football, Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen delivers a moving and insightful commentary.

My patients suffer because GOP rejects Medicaid expansion

February 11, 2014 By Rachel Cramsey

While it is common knowledge that Missouri did not participate in Medicaid expansion in 2013, it is less widely known how this decision impacts thousands of poor and working class Missourians.

Postal workers warn public about outsourcing deal with Staples

February 11, 2014 By Ben Markeson

"Outsourcing an essential public service to a for-profit corporation staffed with clerks making less than a livable wage and no accountability to the American public is completely irrational."

The forgotten rebellion of the Black Seminole Nation

February 11, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

Many Native American Nations formed partnerships and deep relationships with African slaves. Both groups fought for freedom and the right to exist in peace, away from the colonizing forces.