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EcoWatch founder featured at PW Hangout (updated with video)

April 4, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Did you catch the People's World-sponsored Google+ Hangout on Keystone XL? If not, watch the video!

Kentuckians blast McConnell for opposing minimum wage hike

April 4, 2014 By John Bachtell

"Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) has voted against every minimum wage increase since he's been in the U.S. Senate, but he's voted for his own raise and now he's worth $25 million."

Scores arrested in Albany budget protest

March 28, 2014 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

The chants of advocates for affordable housing, the Dream Act, anti-fracking and more echoed throughout the Albany Capitol as protesters packed the staircase and halls leading to Governor Cuomo's office.

“America Needs A Raise” bus rolls into Maine

March 25, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

A Center for American Progress report found that raising the minimum wage will not only benefit workers and the local economy, but also will reduce taxpayer costs.

Debt, climate change, immigration top student agenda

March 25, 2014 By Lisa Bergmann

College and graduate students from across the nation met at the 45th annual "Grassroots Legislative Conference," hosted by the United States Student Association, which has strong ties with the labor movement.