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Dream 9 recasts immigration fight with bold border action

September 6, 2013 By John Bachtell

When Lulu Martinez and eight other undocumented youth who had grown up in the United States approached the U.S. port of entry in Nogales, Mexico to return home, they set in motion a whole new fight...

Today in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born

September 6, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales

September 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.

Public opposition could be key in Congress Syria vote

September 5, 2013 By Susan Webb

Polls show substantial public opposition to a military strike on Syria, even "limited" strikes to deter chemical weapons use.

March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement

September 4, 2013 By Marc Brodine

Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.