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Baltimore Bank Riot of 1835

August 6, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On August 6, 1835 the Baltimore bank riots began. The several day long riot was prompted by a bank directors money making scheme.The directors invested depositors savings in the Union Bank of Maryland which went bankrupt....

How to stop corporate criminality

July 10, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

If you want any more evidence that U.S. corporate executives and financial finaglers are nothing more than crooks in costly suits, all you needed to was right on the front page of The New York Times.

Calif. legislature passes far-reaching homeowner safeguards

July 3, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

With the legislature's passage July 2 of a far-reaching Homeowner's Bill of Rights, California is moving to lead the country in the fight against foreclosure abuse.

Progressives say stakes in 2012 ‘higher than ever’

June 26, 2012 By Margaret Baldridge

With over 80 progressive organizations participating, the ninth annual conference of the Campaign for America's Future opened in Washington under the banner of "Take Back the American Dream."

At G-20, union leaders make the case for jobs not austerity

June 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, delivered the strong message that "austerity does not work," and only makes things worse for workers, to the G-20 leaders of the industrialized world, meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico.